#A9B119#A9B119

#A9B119 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.157 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B119
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 25)
HSL	hsl(63, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 86%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 85.9%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -19.47, 67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 70.20, 106.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.99% -0.0614 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(72.99% 0.157 113)
XYZ	xyz(32.2609, 39.9503, 6.9313)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B119 #2119B1

analogous

#B16D19 #A9B119 #5DB119

triadic

#A9B119 #19A9B1 #B119A9

tetradic

#A9B119 #19B16D #2119B1 #B1195D

square

#A9B119 #19B16D #2119B1 #B1195D

split-complementary

#A9B119 #195DB1 #6D19B1

monochromatic

#43460A #767B11 #A9B119 #D7E027 #E1E85C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#A9B119 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#A9B119 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B119

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B119	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B119	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA800

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAB2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A697

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b119;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.157 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c868',
    500: '#a9b119',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b119;
$custom-light: #c7c868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b119",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72985,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.39949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B119

secondary

#605ACC

accent

#36F240

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B119

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

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