#A9B42A#A9B42A

#A9B42A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.153 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B42A
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 76.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -20.40, 63.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 66.90, 107.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0628 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.153 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1024, 41.2454, 8.4074)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B42A #352AB4

analogous

#B47A2A #A9B42A #64B42A

triadic

#A9B42A #2AA9B4 #B42AA9

tetradic

#A9B42A #2AB47A #352AB4 #B42A64

square

#A9B42A #2AB47A #352AB4 #B42A64

split-complementary

#A9B42A #2A64B4 #7A2AB4

monochromatic

#4C5113 #7A821E #A9B42A #C9D447 #D7E079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#A9B42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B42A

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B42A	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.153 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca6f',
    500: '#a9b42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b42a;
$custom-light: #c6ca6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.783,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B42A

secondary

#7972C8

accent

#43E550

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B42A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →