#A9B430#A9B430

#A9B430 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.150 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B430
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 48)
HSL	hsl(65, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 73%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 73.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.38, -20.13, 61.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.38, 64.96, 108.06°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.0616 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.15 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2179, 41.2916, 9.0159)
Luminance	0.4129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B430 #3B30B4

analogous

#B47D30 #A9B430 #67B430

triadic

#A9B430 #30A9B4 #B430A9

tetradic

#A9B430 #30B47D #3B30B4 #B43067

square

#A9B430 #30B47D #3B30B4 #B43067

split-complementary

#A9B430 #3067B4 #7D30B4

monochromatic

#4E5316 #7C8423 #A9B430 #C6D151 #D6DD81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B430 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#A9B430 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B430

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B430	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B430	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b430;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.150 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca72',
    500: '#a9b430',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b430;
$custom-light: #c6ca72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b430",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73775,
    "c": 0.14976,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B430

secondary

#8079C6

accent

#47E154

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B430

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

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