#A9B232#A9B232

#A9B232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.146 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9B232
RGBrgb(169, 178, 50)
HSLhsl(64, 56%, 45%)
HSVhsv(64, 72%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(5.1%, 0%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.83, -19.03, 60.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.83, 63.45, 107.46°)
OKLaboklab(73.34% -0.0583 0.1343)
OKLCHoklch(73.34% 0.146 113.5)
XYZxyz(32.8593, 40.5068, 9.1046)
Luminance0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9B232 #3B32B2
analogous
#B27B32 #A9B232 #69B232
triadic
#A9B232 #32A9B2 #B232A9
tetradic
#A9B232 #32B27B #3B32B2 #B23269
square
#A9B232 #32B27B #3B32B2 #B23269
split-complementary
#A9B232 #3269B2 #7B32B2
monochromatic
#4E5217 #7C8225 #A9B232 #C6CF53 #D6DC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#A9B232 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10
#A9B232 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B232
9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9B232#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9B2321.002.319.109.10
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1021.001.001.00
##0000009.1021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFA91A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFAC3C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B4A799
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9b232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.146 113.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c873',
    500: '#a9b232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9b232;
$custom-light: #c6c873;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9b232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.219,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73337,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9B232
secondary
#807BC5
accent
#48DF53
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F8ED
border
#D1D1C8
text
#131309
muted
#82827B

Preview Lab

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#A9B232 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva