#A9B02E#A9B02E

#A9B02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.147 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B02E
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 46)
HSL	hsl(63, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 74%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 73.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.24, -18.22, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.24, 64.01, 106.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0564 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.147 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3817, 39.6837, 8.5382)
Luminance	0.3968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B02E #352EB0

analogous

#B0762E #A9B02E #68B02E

triadic

#A9B02E #2EA9B0 #B02EA9

tetradic

#A9B02E #2EB076 #352EB0 #B02E68

square

#A9B02E #2EB076 #352EB0 #B02E68

split-complementary

#A9B02E #2E68B0 #762EB0

monochromatic

#4C4F15 #7A7F21 #A9B02E #C9D04B #D7DD7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A9B02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B02E

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B02E	1.00	2.35	8.94	8.94
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.147 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c771',
    500: '#a9b02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b02e;
$custom-light: #c6c771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.231,
    "s": 58.559,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.14663,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B02E

secondary

#7975C5

accent

#46E24E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B02E

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

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