#A9B151#A9B151

#A9B151 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.121 H 113.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B151
RGB	rgb(169, 177, 81)
HSL	hsl(65, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(65, 54%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.5%, 0%, 54.2%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -16.42, 47.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 50.18, 109.10°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0478 0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.121 113.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.5702, 40.4740, 13.8268)
Luminance	0.4047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B151 #5951B1

analogous

#B18951 #A9B151 #79B151

triadic

#A9B151 #51A9B1 #B151A9

tetradic

#A9B151 #51B189 #5951B1 #B15179

square

#A9B151 #51B189 #5951B1 #B15179

split-complementary

#A9B151 #5179B1 #8951B1

monochromatic

#595E2A #82883D #A9B151 #BEC47B #D3D7A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#A9B151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B151

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B151	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 177, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.121 113.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c885',
    500: '#a9b151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b151;
$custom-light: #c5c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73401,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 113.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B151

secondary

#9D9AC4

accent

#5ACE63

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B151

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

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