#A9B328#A9B328

#A9B328 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.153 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B328
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 40)
HSL	hsl(64, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 77.7%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.06, -19.98, 64.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.06, 67.11, 107.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.5% -0.0618 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(73.5% 0.153 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.8663, 40.8291, 8.1565)
Luminance	0.4083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B328 #3228B3

analogous

#B37828 #A9B328 #63B328

triadic

#A9B328 #28A9B3 #B328A9

tetradic

#A9B328 #28B378 #3228B3 #B32863

square

#A9B328 #28B378 #3228B3 #B32863

split-complementary

#A9B328 #2863B3 #7828B3

monochromatic

#4B4F12 #7A811D #A9B328 #CBD543 #D9E075

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B328 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A9B328 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B328

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B328	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B328	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b328;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.153 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96e',
    500: '#a9b328',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b328;
$custom-light: #c6c96e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b328",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.317,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73502,
    "c": 0.15303,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B328

secondary

#766FC8

accent

#41E64D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B328

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