#A9B131#A9B131

#A9B131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.146 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B131
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 49)
HSL	hsl(64, 57%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 72.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, -18.58, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 63.39, 107.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0571 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.146 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6397, 40.1018, 8.9262)
Luminance	0.4010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B131 #3931B1

analogous

#B17931 #A9B131 #69B131

triadic

#A9B131 #31A9B1 #B131A9

tetradic

#A9B131 #31B179 #3931B1 #B13169

square

#A9B131 #31B179 #3931B1 #B13169

split-complementary

#A9B131 #3169B1 #7931B1

monochromatic

#4D5116 #7B8124 #A9B131 #C7CF51 #D6DC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A9B131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#A9B131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B131

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B131	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA919

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.146 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c872',
    500: '#a9b131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b131;
$custom-light: #c6c872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.75,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73105,
    "c": 0.14592,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B131

secondary

#7E79C5

accent

#48E051

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B131

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

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