#A9B417#A9B417

#A9B417 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.161 H 114.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B417
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 23)
HSL	hsl(64, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(64, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 87.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.27, -21.02, 68.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.27, 71.70, 107.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.0658 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.161 114.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8392, 41.1401, 7.0214)
Luminance	0.4114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B417 #2217B4

analogous

#B47117 #A9B417 #5AB417

triadic

#A9B417 #17A9B4 #B417A9

tetradic

#A9B417 #17B471 #2217B4 #B4175A

square

#A9B417 #17B471 #2217B4 #B4175A

split-complementary

#A9B417 #175AB4 #7117B4

monochromatic

#434709 #767E10 #A9B417 #D6E325 #E0EA5B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#A9B417 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A9B417 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B417

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B417	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B417	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)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AD2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b417;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 23);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.161 114.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ca68',
    500: '#a9b417',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b417;
$custom-light: #c7ca68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b417",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 23
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.204,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73657,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 114.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B417

secondary

#6159CE

accent

#34F441

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B417

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

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