#A9B126#A9B126

#A9B126 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	#A9B126
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 38)
HSL	hsl(63, 65%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 79%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 78.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.48, -19.06, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.48, 66.92, 106.55°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% -0.0594 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.152 113)
XYZ	xyz(32.4352, 40.0200, 7.8494)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B126 #2E26B1

analogous

#B17326 #A9B126 #64B126

triadic

#A9B126 #26A9B1 #B126A9

tetradic

#A9B126 #26B173 #2E26B1 #B12664

square

#A9B126 #26B173 #2E26B1 #B12664

split-complementary

#A9B126 #2664B1 #7326B1

monochromatic

#494C10 #797F1B #A9B126 #CDD63F #DAE071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A9B126 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#A9B126 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B126

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B126	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B126	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)

#BFAB33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b126;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.152 113.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c86d',
    500: '#a9b126',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b126;
$custom-light: #c6c86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b126",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.453,
    "s": 64.651,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7304,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 113
  },
  "luminance": 0.40019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B126

secondary

#716BC7

accent

#40E84A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B126

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

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