#A9B317#A9B317

#A9B317 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.160 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B317
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.99, -20.52, 68.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.99, 71.33, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0644 0.1463)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.16 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6380, 40.7378, 6.9543)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B317 #2117B3

analogous

#B36F17 #A9B317 #5BB317

triadic

#A9B317 #17A9B3 #B317A9

tetradic

#A9B317 #17B36F #2117B3 #B3175B

square

#A9B317 #17B36F #2117B3 #B3175B

split-complementary

#A9B317 #175BB3 #6F17B3

monochromatic

#434709 #767D10 #A9B317 #D7E324 #E1EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A9B317 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A9B317 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B317

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B317	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B317	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)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b317;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.160 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c968',
    500: '#a9b317',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b317;
$custom-light: #c7c968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b317",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.846,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7343,
    "c": 0.15984,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B317

secondary

#6058CD

accent

#34F440

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B317

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

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