#A9B41C#A9B41C

#A9B41C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.159 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B41C
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 28)
HSL	hsl(64, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(64, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 84.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, -20.89, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 70.65, 107.20°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% -0.0652 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.159 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.8941, 41.1621, 7.3107)
Luminance	0.4116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B41C #271CB4

analogous

#B4731C #A9B41C #5DB41C

triadic

#A9B41C #1CA9B4 #B41CA9

tetradic

#A9B41C #1CB473 #271CB4 #B41C5D

square

#A9B41C #1CB473 #271CB4 #B41C5D

split-complementary

#A9B41C #1C5DB4 #731CB4

monochromatic

#464A0C #777F14 #A9B41C #D2DF2F #DDE764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B41C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#A9B41C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B41C

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B41C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B41C	1.00	2.27	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.27	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)

#C1AD2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b41c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.159 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ca6a',
    500: '#a9b41c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b41c;
$custom-light: #c7ca6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b41c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.342,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73674,
    "c": 0.15921,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B41C

secondary

#6860CC

accent

#38F045

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#141307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B41C

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

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