#A9B248#A9B248

#A9B248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.130 H 113.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B248
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(65, 42%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(65, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 59.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -17.65, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 54.69, 108.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.52% -0.0522 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(73.52% 0.13 113.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4530, 40.7443, 12.2318)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B248 #5148B2

analogous

#B28648 #A9B248 #74B248

triadic

#A9B248 #48A9B2 #B248A9

tetradic

#A9B248 #48B286 #5148B2 #B24874

square

#A9B248 #48B286 #5148B2 #B24874

split-complementary

#A9B248 #4874B2 #8648B2

monochromatic

#565B25 #808636 #A9B248 #BFC671 #D2D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A9B248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A9B248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B248

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B248	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A89B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.130 113.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c87f',
    500: '#a9b248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b248;
$custom-light: #c5c87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.094,
    "s": 42.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73525,
    "c": 0.13008,
    "h": 113.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B248

secondary

#9692C4

accent

#56D260

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B248

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

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