#A9B433#A9B433

#A9B433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.148 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B433
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(65, 56%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 72%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 71.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -19.98, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 63.92, 108.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0609 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.148 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2819, 41.3172, 9.3531)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B433 #3E33B4

analogous

#B47E33 #A9B433 #69B433

triadic

#A9B433 #33A9B4 #B433A9

tetradic

#A9B433 #33B47E #3E33B4 #B43369

square

#A9B433 #33B47E #3E33B4 #B43369

split-complementary

#A9B433 #3369B4 #7E33B4

monochromatic

#4F5518 #7C8425 #A9B433 #C5CF55 #D5DC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#A9B433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B433

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B433	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)

#C1AB1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.148 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca74',
    500: '#a9b433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b433;
$custom-light: #c6ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.116,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73795,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B433

secondary

#837DC6

accent

#49DF55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B433

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

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