#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
RGBrgb(169, 179, 32)
HSLhsl(64, 70%, 41%)
HSVhsv(64, 82%, 70%)
CMYKcmyk(5.6%, 0%, 82.1%, 29.8%)
CIE-LABlab(70.02, -20.27, 66.28)
CIE-LCHlch(70.02, 69.31, 107.01°)
OKLaboklab(73.46% -0.0632 0.1433)
OKLCHoklch(73.46% 0.157 113.8)
XYZxyz(32.7441, 40.7802, 7.5127)
Luminance0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A9B3201.002.299.169.16
#FFFFFF2.291.0021.0021.00
#0000009.1621.001.001.00
##0000009.1621.001.001.00

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

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#A9B320 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva