#A9B237#A9B237

#A9B237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.143 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B237
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 55)
HSL	hsl(64, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 69.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -18.76, 58.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 61.63, 107.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.0571 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.143 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.9731, 40.5523, 9.7041)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B237 #4037B2

analogous

#B27D37 #A9B237 #6BB237

triadic

#A9B237 #37A9B2 #B237A9

tetradic

#A9B237 #37B27D #4037B2 #B2376B

square

#A9B237 #37B27D #4037B2 #B2376B

split-complementary

#A9B237 #376BB2 #7D37B2

monochromatic

#50541A #7D8329 #A9B237 #C4CC5A #D5DB89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#A9B237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#A9B237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B237

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B237	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A79A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.143 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c875',
    500: '#a9b237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b237;
$custom-light: #c6c875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.39,
    "s": 52.79,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73373,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B237

secondary

#8580C5

accent

#4CDC56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B237

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

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