#A9B239#A9B239

#A9B239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.142 H 113.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B239
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(64, 51%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(64, 68%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 68%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -18.65, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 60.87, 107.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.39% -0.0566 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(73.39% 0.142 113.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0220, 40.5719, 9.9617)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B239 #4239B2

analogous

#B27E39 #A9B239 #6CB239

triadic

#A9B239 #39A9B2 #B239A9

tetradic

#A9B239 #39B27E #4239B2 #B2396C

square

#A9B239 #39B27E #4239B2 #B2396C

split-complementary

#A9B239 #396CB2 #7E39B2

monochromatic

#51551B #7D842A #A9B239 #C3CB5D #D4DA8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A9B239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#A9B239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B239

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B239	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#BFAA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.142 113.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c877',
    500: '#a9b239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b239;
$custom-light: #c6c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.463,
    "s": 51.489,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73389,
    "c": 0.14178,
    "h": 113.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B239

secondary

#8782C4

accent

#4DDB57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B239

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

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