#A9B333#A9B333

#A9B333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.147 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B333
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 71.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -19.48, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 63.50, 107.87°)
OKLab	oklab(73.57% -0.0595 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.57% 0.147 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0808, 40.9149, 9.2860)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B333 #3D33B3

analogous

#B37D33 #A9B333 #69B333

triadic

#A9B333 #33A9B3 #B333A9

tetradic

#A9B333 #33B37D #3D33B3 #B33369

square

#A9B333 #33B37D #3D33B3 #B33369

split-complementary

#A9B333 #3369B3 #7D33B3

monochromatic

#4F5418 #7C8325 #A9B333 #C5CE55 #D5DC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A9B333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B333

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B333	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)

#C0AA1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.147 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c973',
    500: '#a9b333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b333;
$custom-light: #c6c973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.688,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73569,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B333

secondary

#827CC6

accent

#49DF55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B333

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

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