#A9B32A#A9B32A

#A9B32A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.152 H 113.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B32A
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 42)
HSL	hsl(64, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(64, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 76.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -19.90, 63.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 66.50, 107.42°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0614 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.152 113.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9012, 40.8431, 8.3404)
Luminance	0.4084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B32A #342AB3

analogous

#B3792A #A9B32A #64B32A

triadic

#A9B32A #2AA9B3 #B32AA9

tetradic

#A9B32A #2AB379 #342AB3 #B32A64

square

#A9B32A #2AB379 #342AB3 #B32A64

split-complementary

#A9B32A #2A64B3 #792AB3

monochromatic

#4B5013 #7A811E #A9B32A #C9D446 #D8DF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B32A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A9B32A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B32A

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B32A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B32A	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)

#C0AA04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A899

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b32a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.152 113.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c96f',
    500: '#a9b32a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b32a;
$custom-light: #c6c96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b32a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.38,
    "s": 61.991,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73513,
    "c": 0.15201,
    "h": 113.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B32A

secondary

#7872C7

accent

#43E54F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B32A

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

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