#A9B334#A9B334

#A9B334 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.146 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B334
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 52)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -19.43, 60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 63.15, 107.92°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.0592 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.146 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1031, 40.9238, 9.4034)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B334 #3E34B3

analogous

#B37D34 #A9B334 #6AB334

triadic

#A9B334 #34A9B3 #B334A9

tetradic

#A9B334 #34B37D #3E34B3 #B3346A

square

#A9B334 #34B37D #3E34B3 #B3346A

split-complementary

#A9B334 #346AB3 #7D34B3

monochromatic

#4F5418 #7C8426 #A9B334 #C5CE56 #D5DC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B334 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#A9B334 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B334

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B334	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B334	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)

#C0AA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b334;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.146 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c974',
    500: '#a9b334',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b334;
$custom-light: #c6c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b334",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.724,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73576,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B334

secondary

#837DC5

accent

#49DE55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B334

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

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