#A9B337#A9B337

#A9B337 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.144 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B337
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 55)
HSL	hsl(65, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(65, 69%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 69.3%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -19.27, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 62.05, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.6% -0.0585 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(73.6% 0.144 113.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1728, 40.9517, 9.7707)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B337 #4137B3

analogous

#B37F37 #A9B337 #6BB337

triadic

#A9B337 #37A9B3 #B337A9

tetradic

#A9B337 #37B37F #4137B3 #B3376B

square

#A9B337 #37B37F #4137B3 #B3376B

split-complementary

#A9B337 #376BB3 #7F37B3

monochromatic

#51551A #7D8429 #A9B337 #C3CD5B #D4DB8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#A9B337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#A9B337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B337

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B337	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)

#C0AA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A89A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.144 113.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c976',
    500: '#a9b337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b337;
$custom-light: #c6c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.839,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73598,
    "c": 0.14425,
    "h": 113.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B337

secondary

#8681C5

accent

#4BDC57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B337

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

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