#A9B330#A9B330

#A9B330 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.149 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B330
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 48)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 73.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, -19.63, 61.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 64.55, 107.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.55% -0.0602 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(73.55% 0.149 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0168, 40.8893, 8.9489)
Luminance	0.4089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B330 #3A30B3

analogous

#B37C30 #A9B330 #68B330

triadic

#A9B330 #30A9B3 #B330A9

tetradic

#A9B330 #30B37C #3A30B3 #B33068

square

#A9B330 #30B37C #3A30B3 #B33068

split-complementary

#A9B330 #3068B3 #7C30B3

monochromatic

#4E5216 #7B8323 #A9B330 #C6D050 #D6DD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B330 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A9B330 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B330

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B330	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B330	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b330;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.149 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c972',
    500: '#a9b330',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b330;
$custom-light: #c6c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b330",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.58,
    "s": 57.709,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73549,
    "c": 0.14867,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B330

secondary

#7F79C6

accent

#47E153

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B330

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

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