#A9B42E#A9B42E

#A9B42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.151 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B42E
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 74.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.37, -20.23, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.37, 65.62, 107.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.76% -0.062 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(73.76% 0.151 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.1776, 41.2754, 8.8035)
Luminance	0.4128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B42E #392EB4

analogous

#B47C2E #A9B42E #66B42E

triadic

#A9B42E #2EA9B4 #B42EA9

tetradic

#A9B42E #2EB47C #392EB4 #B42E66

square

#A9B42E #2EB47C #392EB4 #B42E66

split-complementary

#A9B42E #2E66B4 #7C2EB4

monochromatic

#4D5315 #7B8322 #A9B42E #C7D24E #D6DE7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#A9B42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B42E

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B42E	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)

#C1AB10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.151 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca71',
    500: '#a9b42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b42e;
$custom-light: #c6ca71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.925,
    "s": 59.292,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73762,
    "c": 0.1509,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B42E

secondary

#7E77C7

accent

#45E252

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B42E

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

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