#A9B140#A9B140

#A9B140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.135 H 113.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B140
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(64, 47%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(64, 64%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 63.8%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -17.71, 54.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 57.65, 107.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.22% -0.0532 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(73.22% 0.135 113.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0106, 40.2501, 10.8796)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B140 #4840B1

analogous

#B18140 #A9B140 #70B140

triadic

#A9B140 #40A9B1 #B140A9

tetradic

#A9B140 #40B181 #4840B1 #B14070

square

#A9B140 #40B181 #4840B1 #B14070

split-complementary

#A9B140 #4070B1 #8140B1

monochromatic

#53571F #7E8430 #A9B140 #C1C866 #D3D893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#A9B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#A9B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B140

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B140	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.135 113.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c87a',
    500: '#a9b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b140;
$custom-light: #c5c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.248,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73224,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 113.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B140

secondary

#8D89C3

accent

#51D75B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B140

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

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