#A9B033#A9B033

#A9B033 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	#A9B033
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 51)
HSL	hsl(63, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 71%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 71%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.27, -17.97, 59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.27, 62.27, 106.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.0553 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.144 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4861, 39.7254, 9.0878)
Luminance	0.3972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B033 #3A33B0

analogous

#B07933 #A9B033 #6BB033

triadic

#A9B033 #33A9B0 #B033A9

tetradic

#A9B033 #33B079 #3A33B0 #B0336B

square

#A9B033 #33B079 #3A33B0 #B0336B

split-complementary

#A9B033 #336BB0 #7933B0

monochromatic

#4E5118 #7B8125 #A9B033 #C6CD53 #D6DB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.94

#A9B033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B033

8.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B033	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)

#BDA81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.144 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c773',
    500: '#a9b033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b033;
$custom-light: #c6c773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.36,
    "s": 55.066,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72894,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B033

secondary

#7F7BC4

accent

#49DE52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B033

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

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