#A9B032#A9B032

#A9B032 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.144 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B032
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 50)
HSL	hsl(63, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(63, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 71.6%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -18.02, 59.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 62.63, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0555 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.144 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4642, 39.7167, 8.9729)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B032 #3932B0

analogous

#B07832 #A9B032 #6AB032

triadic

#A9B032 #32A9B0 #B032A9

tetradic

#A9B032 #32B078 #3932B0 #B0326A

square

#A9B032 #32B078 #3932B0 #B0326A

split-complementary

#A9B032 #326AB0 #7832B0

monochromatic

#4D5117 #7B8024 #A9B032 #C7CE51 #D6DB81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B032 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A9B032 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B032

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B032	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B032	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)

#BDA81B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b032;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.144 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c773',
    500: '#a9b032',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b032;
$custom-light: #c6c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b032",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.333,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72887,
    "c": 0.14422,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B032

secondary

#7E79C4

accent

#49DF51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B032

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →