#A9B32E#A9B32E

#A9B32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.150 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B32E
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 74.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, -19.73, 62.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 65.22, 107.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.54% -0.0606 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(73.54% 0.15 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9764, 40.8731, 8.7364)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B32E #382EB3

analogous

#B37B2E #A9B32E #67B32E

triadic

#A9B32E #2EA9B3 #B32EA9

tetradic

#A9B32E #2EB37B #382EB3 #B32E67

square

#A9B32E #2EB37B #382EB3 #B32E67

split-complementary

#A9B32E #2E67B3 #7B2EB3

monochromatic

#4D5215 #7B8221 #A9B32E #C7D14D #D7DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#A9B32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B32E

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B32E	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)

#C0AA11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.150 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c971',
    500: '#a9b32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b32e;
$custom-light: #c6c971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.511,
    "s": 59.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73537,
    "c": 0.14983,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B32E

secondary

#7C76C6

accent

#46E251

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B32E

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

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