#A9B352#A9B352

#A9B352 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.122 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B352
RGB	rgb(169, 179, 82)
HSL	hsl(66, 39%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(66, 54%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 54.2%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -17.35, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 50.66, 110.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% -0.0503 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.122 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.0059, 41.2849, 14.1584)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B352 #5C52B3

analogous

#B38C52 #A9B352 #78B352

triadic

#A9B352 #52A9B3 #B352A9

tetradic

#A9B352 #52B38C #5C52B3 #B35278

square

#A9B352 #52B38C #5C52B3 #B35278

split-complementary

#A9B352 #5278B3 #8C52B3

monochromatic

#5B602A #838B3D #A9B352 #BEC67D #D3D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B352 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#A9B352 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B352

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B352	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B352	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AA9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b352;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 179, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.122 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c986',
    500: '#a9b352',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b352;
$custom-light: #c5c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b352",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.186,
    "s": 38.956,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7386,
    "c": 0.12223,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B352

secondary

#9F9BC6

accent

#59CF65

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B352

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

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