#A9B030#A9B030

#A9B030 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.145 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B030
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 48)
HSL	hsl(63, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 73%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 72.7%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.26, -18.12, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.26, 63.33, 106.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.056 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.145 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4220, 39.6998, 8.7506)
Luminance	0.3970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B030 #3730B0

analogous

#B07730 #A9B030 #69B030

triadic

#A9B030 #30A9B0 #B030A9

tetradic

#A9B030 #30B077 #3730B0 #B03069

square

#A9B030 #30B077 #3730B0 #B03069

split-complementary

#A9B030 #3069B0 #7730B0

monochromatic

#4D5016 #7B8023 #A9B030 #C8CF4E #D7DC7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B030 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A9B030 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B030

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B030	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B030	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)

#BDA817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAA3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b030;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.145 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c772',
    500: '#a9b030',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b030;
$custom-light: #c6c772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b030",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.281,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72874,
    "c": 0.14545,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B030

secondary

#7B77C5

accent

#47E050

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B030

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

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