#A9B044#A9B044

#A9B044 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.131 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B044
RGB	rgb(169, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(64, 44%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(64, 61%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 61.4%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -16.93, 52.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 55.53, 107.75°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0506 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.131 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9317, 39.9037, 11.4351)
Luminance	0.3990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B044 #4B44B0

analogous

#B08144 #A9B044 #73B044

triadic

#A9B044 #44A9B0 #B044A9

tetradic

#A9B044 #44B081 #4B44B0 #B04473

square

#A9B044 #44B081 #4B44B0 #B04473

split-complementary

#A9B044 #4473B0 #8144B0

monochromatic

#545822 #7F8433 #A9B044 #C0C66B #D3D797

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A9B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#A9B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B044

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B044	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.131 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c77d',
    500: '#a9b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b044;
$custom-light: #c5c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.889,
    "s": 44.262,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73037,
    "c": 0.13114,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B044

secondary

#908DC3

accent

#54D45C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B044

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

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