#A9B31E#A9B31E

#A9B31E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.157 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B31E
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 30)
HSL	hsl(64, 71%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 83%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 83.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -20.33, 66.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 69.81, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0635 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.157 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7177, 40.7697, 7.3739)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B31E #281EB3

analogous

#B3721E #A9B31E #5EB31E

triadic

#A9B31E #1EA9B3 #B31EA9

tetradic

#A9B31E #1EB372 #281EB3 #B31E5E

square

#A9B31E #1EB372 #281EB3 #B31E5E

split-complementary

#A9B31E #1E5EB3 #721EB3

monochromatic

#464A0C #787F15 #A9B31E #D1DD32 #DDE566

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B31E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#A9B31E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B31E

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B31E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B31E	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	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)

#C1AC2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b31e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.157 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c96a',
    500: '#a9b31e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b31e;
$custom-light: #c7c96a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b31e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.027,
    "s": 71.292,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73455,
    "c": 0.15743,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B31E

secondary

#6962CB

accent

#3AEE46

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B31E

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

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