#A9B348#A9B348

#A9B348 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.131 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B348
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 72)
HSL	hsl(66, 43%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 60%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 59.8%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, -18.16, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 55.15, 109.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0536 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.131 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6527, 41.1437, 12.2984)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B348 #5248B3

analogous

#B38748 #A9B348 #74B348

triadic

#A9B348 #48A9B3 #B348A9

tetradic

#A9B348 #48B387 #5248B3 #B34874

square

#A9B348 #48B387 #5248B3 #B34874

split-complementary

#A9B348 #4874B3 #8748B3

monochromatic

#575C25 #808736 #A9B348 #BEC672 #D2D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A9B348 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A9B348 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B348

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B348	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B348	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A99C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b348;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.131 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c97f',
    500: '#a9b348',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b348;
$custom-light: #c5c97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b348",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.607,
    "s": 42.629,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73749,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B348

secondary

#9792C4

accent

#55D261

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B348

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

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