#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
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(64, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 71.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, -19.03, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 63.45, 107.46°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0583 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.146 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8593, 40.5068, 9.1046)
Luminance	0.4051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##A9B232	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A9B232

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

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