#A9B234#A9B234

#A9B234 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.145 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B234
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 52)
HSL	hsl(64, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(64, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 70.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.84, -18.93, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.84, 62.73, 107.56°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0578 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.145 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9034, 40.5244, 9.3369)
Luminance	0.4052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B234 #3D34B2

analogous

#B27C34 #A9B234 #6AB234

triadic

#A9B234 #34A9B2 #B234A9

tetradic

#A9B234 #34B27C #3D34B2 #B2346A

square

#A9B234 #34B27C #3D34B2 #B2346A

split-complementary

#A9B234 #346AB2 #7C34B2

monochromatic

#4F5318 #7C8326 #A9B234 #C5CE56 #D5DB85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#A9B234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B234

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B234	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)

#BFA91E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.145 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c874',
    500: '#a9b234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b234;
$custom-light: #c6c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.286,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73351,
    "c": 0.14512,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B234

secondary

#827DC5

accent

#4ADE54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B234

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

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