#A9B136#A9B136

#A9B136 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	#A9B136
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 69.5%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.57, -18.32, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.57, 61.58, 107.30°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0559 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.143 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7511, 40.1463, 9.5131)
Luminance	0.4015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B136 #3E36B1

analogous

#B17B36 #A9B136 #6CB136

triadic

#A9B136 #36A9B1 #B136A9

tetradic

#A9B136 #36B17B #3E36B1 #B1366C

square

#A9B136 #36B17B #3E36B1 #B1366C

split-complementary

#A9B136 #366CB1 #7B36B1

monochromatic

#4F5319 #7C8228 #A9B136 #C5CC58 #D5DA87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#A9B136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#A9B136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B136

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B136	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)

#BEA922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.143 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c875',
    500: '#a9b136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b136;
$custom-light: #c6c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.902,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73141,
    "c": 0.14272,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B136

secondary

#837FC4

accent

#4BDD55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B136

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

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