#A9B42C#A9B42C

#A9B42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.152 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B42C
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 75.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -20.32, 63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 66.27, 107.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.75% -0.0624 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(73.75% 0.152 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1391, 41.2600, 8.6007)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B42C #372CB4

analogous

#B47B2C #A9B42C #65B42C

triadic

#A9B42C #2CA9B4 #B42CA9

tetradic

#A9B42C #2CB47B #372CB4 #B42C65

square

#A9B42C #2CB47B #372CB4 #B42C65

split-complementary

#A9B42C #2C65B4 #7B2CB4

monochromatic

#4D5214 #7B8320 #A9B42C #C8D34A #D7DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#A9B42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B42C

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B42C	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)

#C1AB0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A99A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.152 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca70',
    500: '#a9b42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b42c;
$custom-light: #c6ca70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.853,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7375,
    "c": 0.15202,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B42C

secondary

#7B75C7

accent

#44E451

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B42C

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

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