#A9B025#A9B025

#A9B025 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.151 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B025
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 37)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 79%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -18.59, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 66.83, 106.15°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0582 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.151 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2225, 39.6200, 7.6999)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B025 #2C25B0

analogous

#B07225 #A9B025 #63B025

triadic

#A9B025 #25A9B0 #B025A9

tetradic

#A9B025 #25B072 #2C25B0 #B02563

square

#A9B025 #25B072 #2C25B0 #B02563

split-complementary

#A9B025 #2563B0 #7225B0

monochromatic

#484B10 #787D1A #A9B025 #CED63C #DBE16F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B025 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#A9B025 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B025

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B025	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B025	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b025;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.151 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c76d',
    500: '#a9b025',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b025;
$custom-light: #c6c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b025",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.022,
    "s": 65.258,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.15135,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B025

secondary

#6E6AC7

accent

#40E848

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B025

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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