#A9B125#A9B125
#A9B125 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.152 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9B125 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 177, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(63, 65%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(63, 79%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 79.1%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.48, -19.10, 64.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.48, 67.21, 106.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.04% -0.0596 0.1403) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.04% 0.152 113) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.4193, 40.0136, 7.7655) |
| Luminance | 0.4001 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.02
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.06
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.19
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.81
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.90
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9B125 #2D25B1
analogous
#B17325 #A9B125 #63B125
triadic
#A9B125 #25A9B1 #B125A9
tetradic
#A9B125 #25B173 #2D25B1 #B12563
square
#A9B125 #25B173 #2D25B1 #B12563
split-complementary
#A9B125 #2563B1 #7325B1
monochromatic
#484C10 #797E1A #A9B125 #CED63D #DAE16F
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#A9B125 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.00
#A9B125 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9B125
9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9B125 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9B125 | 1.00 | 2.33 | 9.00 | 9.00 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.00 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA800
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAB32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5A697
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9b125; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 37); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.152 113.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6c86d',
500: '#a9b125',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9b125; $custom-light: #c6c86d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9b125",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 177,
"b": 37
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.429,
"s": 65.421,
"l": 41.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73035,
"c": 0.15239,
"h": 113
},
"luminance": 0.40013
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9B125
secondary
#6F6AC8
accent
#3FE849
background
#FCFCF6
surface
#F9F8EC
border
#D2D1C7
text
#131308
muted
#82827A