#A9B424#A9B424

#A9B424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.156 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B424
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 36)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 80%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.32, -20.64, 65.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.32, 68.64, 107.50°)
OKLab	oklab(73.71% -0.0639 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(73.71% 0.156 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0029, 41.2056, 7.8837)
Luminance	0.4121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B424 #2F24B4

analogous

#B47724 #A9B424 #61B424

triadic

#A9B424 #24A9B4 #B424A9

tetradic

#A9B424 #24B477 #2F24B4 #B42461

square

#A9B424 #24B477 #2F24B4 #B42461

split-complementary

#A9B424 #2461B4 #7724B4

monochromatic

#494E10 #79811A #A9B424 #CCD83D #DAE270

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#A9B424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B424

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B424	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.156 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca6d',
    500: '#a9b424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b424;
$custom-light: #c6ca6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.583,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73708,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B424

secondary

#726BC9

accent

#3EEA4B

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B424

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

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