#A9B335#A9B335

#A9B335 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 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B335
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 53)
HSL	hsl(65, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 70%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.13, -19.38, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.13, 62.79, 107.98°)
OKLab	oklab(73.58% -0.059 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(73.58% 0.146 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1258, 40.9329, 9.5233)
Luminance	0.4093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B335 #3F35B3

analogous

#B37E35 #A9B335 #6AB335

triadic

#A9B335 #35A9B3 #B335A9

tetradic

#A9B335 #35B37E #3F35B3 #B3356A

square

#A9B335 #35B37E #3F35B3 #B3356A

split-complementary

#A9B335 #356AB3 #7E35B3

monochromatic

#505519 #7C8427 #A9B335 #C4CD58 #D5DB87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A9B335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B335

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B335	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.146 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c974',
    500: '#a9b335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b335;
$custom-light: #c6c974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.762,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73584,
    "c": 0.14557,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B335

secondary

#847FC5

accent

#4ADE56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B335

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

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