#A9B035#A9B035

#A9B035 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.142 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B035
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 69.9%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.29, -17.86, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.29, 61.54, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0548 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.142 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5311, 39.7435, 9.3251)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B035 #3C35B0

analogous

#B07A35 #A9B035 #6BB035

triadic

#A9B035 #35A9B0 #B035A9

tetradic

#A9B035 #35B07A #3C35B0 #B0356B

square

#A9B035 #35B07A #3C35B0 #B0356B

split-complementary

#A9B035 #356BB0 #7A35B0

monochromatic

#4F5219 #7C8127 #A9B035 #C5CC56 #D5DA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#A9B035 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#A9B035 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B035

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B035	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B035	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)

#BDA821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A598

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b035;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.142 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c774',
    500: '#a9b035',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b035;
$custom-light: #c6c774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b035",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.415,
    "s": 53.712,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72909,
    "c": 0.1423,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B035

secondary

#817DC4

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B035

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

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