#A9B135#A9B135

#A9B135 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.143 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B135
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 53)
HSL	hsl(64, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 70.1%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -18.37, 59.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 61.95, 107.25°)
OKLab	oklab(73.13% -0.0562 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.13% 0.143 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7279, 40.1370, 9.3907)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B135 #3D35B1

analogous

#B17B35 #A9B135 #6BB135

triadic

#A9B135 #35A9B1 #B135A9

tetradic

#A9B135 #35B17B #3D35B1 #B1356B

square

#A9B135 #35B17B #3D35B1 #B1356B

split-complementary

#A9B135 #356BB1 #7B35B1

monochromatic

#4F5319 #7C8227 #A9B135 #C5CD57 #D5DB86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A9B135 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A9B135 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B135

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B135	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B135	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b135;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.143 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c874',
    500: '#a9b135',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b135;
$custom-light: #c6c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b135",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.871,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73134,
    "c": 0.14338,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B135

secondary

#827DC4

accent

#4BDD54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B135

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

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