#A9B02F#A9B02F

#A9B02F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.146 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B02F
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 47)
HSL	hsl(63, 58%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 73.3%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.25, -18.17, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.25, 63.67, 106.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0562 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.146 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4016, 39.6917, 8.6432)
Luminance	0.3969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B02F #362FB0

analogous

#B0762F #A9B02F #68B02F

triadic

#A9B02F #2FA9B0 #B02FA9

tetradic

#A9B02F #2FB076 #362FB0 #B02F68

square

#A9B02F #2FB076 #362FB0 #B02F68

split-complementary

#A9B02F #2F68B0 #762FB0

monochromatic

#4C4F15 #7B8022 #A9B02F #C8CF4D #D7DC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B02F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A9B02F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B02F

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B02F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B02F	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)

#BDA815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b02f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.146 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c771',
    500: '#a9b02f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b02f;
$custom-light: #c6c771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b02f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.256,
    "s": 57.848,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72867,
    "c": 0.14604,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B02F

secondary

#7A76C5

accent

#47E14F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B02F

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

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