#A9B320#A9B320

#A9B320 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 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B320
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 32)
HSL	hsl(64, 70%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 82%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -20.27, 66.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 69.31, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% -0.0632 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.157 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.7441, 40.7802, 7.5127)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B320 #2A20B3

analogous

#B37420 #A9B320 #60B320

triadic

#A9B320 #20A9B3 #B320A9

tetradic

#A9B320 #20B374 #2A20B3 #B32060

square

#A9B320 #20B374 #2A20B3 #B32060

split-complementary

#A9B320 #2060B3 #7420B3

monochromatic

#474B0D #787F17 #A9B320 #D0DB35 #DCE469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B320 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#A9B320 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B320

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B320	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B320	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AC2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b320;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.157 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7c96b',
    500: '#a9b320',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b320;
$custom-light: #c7c96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b320",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.082,
    "s": 69.668,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.15665,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B320

secondary

#6C65CA

accent

#3BEC47

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B320

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

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