#A9B129#A9B129
#A9B129 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.150 H 113.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9B129 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 177, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 62%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 77%, 69%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 76.8%, 30.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.50, -18.94, 63.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.50, 66.02, 106.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(73.06% -0.0589 0.1384) |
| OKLCH | oklch(73.06% 0.15 113) |
| XYZ | xyz(32.4856, 40.0401, 8.1146) |
| Luminance | 0.4004 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.26
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 3.12
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.35
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 3.87
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.03
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 4.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9B129 #3129B1
analogous
#B17529 #A9B129 #65B129
triadic
#A9B129 #29A9B1 #B129A9
tetradic
#A9B129 #29B175 #3129B1 #B12965
square
#A9B129 #29B175 #3129B1 #B12965
split-complementary
#A9B129 #2965B1 #7529B1
monochromatic
#4A4E12 #7A7F1D #A9B129 #CBD444 #D9DF75
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#A9B129 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.01
#A9B129 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9B129
9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9B129 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9B129 | 1.00 | 2.33 | 9.01 | 9.01 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.01 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA802
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAB35
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5A698
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9b129; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.150 113.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6c86e',
500: '#a9b129',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9b129; $custom-light: #c6c86e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9b129",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 177,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 63.529,
"s": 62.385,
"l": 42.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.73056,
"c": 0.15041,
"h": 113
},
"luminance": 0.40039
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9B129
secondary
#746FC7
accent
#42E54C
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F8ED
border
#D2D1C8
text
#131308
muted
#82827B