#A9B252#A9B252

#A9B252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B252
RGB	rgb(169, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(66, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 0%, 53.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -16.84, 47.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 50.19, 109.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% -0.0489 0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.121 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.8062, 40.8856, 14.0918)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B252 #5B52B2

analogous

#B28B52 #A9B252 #79B252

triadic

#A9B252 #52A9B2 #B252A9

tetradic

#A9B252 #52B28B #5B52B2 #B25279

square

#A9B252 #52B28B #5B52B2 #B25279

split-complementary

#A9B252 #5279B2 #8B52B2

monochromatic

#5A5F2A #828A3D #A9B252 #BEC57C #D3D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A9B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B252

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B252	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDAA49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c886',
    500: '#a9b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b252;
$custom-light: #c5c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.625,
    "s": 38.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73636,
    "c": 0.121,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B252

secondary

#9F9BC5

accent

#59CE64

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B252

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

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