#A9B034#A9B034

#A9B034 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.143 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B034
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 52)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 70.5%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -17.92, 59.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 61.91, 106.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.055 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.143 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5083, 39.7343, 9.2052)
Luminance	0.3973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B034 #3B34B0

analogous

#B07934 #A9B034 #6BB034

triadic

#A9B034 #34A9B0 #B034A9

tetradic

#A9B034 #34B079 #3B34B0 #B0346B

square

#A9B034 #34B079 #3B34B0 #B0346B

split-complementary

#A9B034 #346BB0 #7934B0

monochromatic

#4E5218 #7C8126 #A9B034 #C6CD55 #D6DB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B034 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A9B034 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B034

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B034	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B034	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b034;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.143 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c774',
    500: '#a9b034',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b034;
$custom-light: #c6c774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b034",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.387,
    "s": 54.386,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72902,
    "c": 0.14294,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B034

secondary

#807CC4

accent

#4ADE52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B034

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

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