#A9B026#A9B026

#A9B026 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 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B026
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 38)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 78.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -18.56, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 66.54, 106.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.058 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.151 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.2385, 39.6264, 7.7838)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B026 #2D26B0

analogous

#B07226 #A9B026 #64B026

triadic

#A9B026 #26A9B0 #B026A9

tetradic

#A9B026 #26B072 #2D26B0 #B02664

square

#A9B026 #26B072 #2D26B0 #B02664

split-complementary

#A9B026 #2664B0 #7226B0

monochromatic

#484B10 #797E1B #A9B026 #CED53E #DAE070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B026 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A9B026 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B026

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B026	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B026	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b026;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.151 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c76d',
    500: '#a9b026',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b026;
$custom-light: #c6c76d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b026",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.043,
    "s": 64.486,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72815,
    "c": 0.15088,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B026

secondary

#6F6BC7

accent

#40E749

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B026

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

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