#A9B02C#A9B02C

#A9B02C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.148 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B02C
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 75%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.23, -18.31, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.23, 64.68, 106.44°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0568 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.148 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3432, 39.6683, 8.3354)
Luminance	0.3967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B02C #332CB0

analogous

#B0752C #A9B02C #67B02C

triadic

#A9B02C #2CA9B0 #B02CA9

tetradic

#A9B02C #2CB075 #332CB0 #B02C67

square

#A9B02C #2CB075 #332CB0 #B02C67

split-complementary

#A9B02C #2C67B0 #752CB0

monochromatic

#4B4E14 #7A7F20 #A9B02C #CAD148 #D8DD79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B02C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#A9B02C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B02C

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B02C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B02C	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)

#BEA80D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b02c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.148 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c770',
    500: '#a9b02c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b02c;
$custom-light: #c6c770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b02c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.182,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72849,
    "c": 0.14776,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B02C

secondary

#7772C6

accent

#45E34D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B02C

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

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