#A9B319#A9B319

#A9B319 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.159 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B319
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 25)
HSL	hsl(64, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 86%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -20.47, 67.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 70.93, 106.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0642 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.159 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6589, 40.7461, 7.0639)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B319 #2319B3

analogous

#B37019 #A9B319 #5CB319

triadic

#A9B319 #19A9B3 #B319A9

tetradic

#A9B319 #19B370 #2319B3 #B3195C

square

#A9B319 #19B370 #2319B3 #B3195C

split-complementary

#A9B319 #195CB3 #7019B3

monochromatic

#44480A #767D12 #A9B319 #D5E128 #E0E85E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#A9B319 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A9B319 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B319

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B319	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B319	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)

#C1AC2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b319;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 25);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.159 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c969',
    500: '#a9b319',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b319;
$custom-light: #c7c969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b319",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 25
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.896,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B319

secondary

#635BCC

accent

#36F242

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B319

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

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