#A9B434#A9B434

#A9B434 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.147 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B434
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 52)
HSL	hsl(65, 55%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, -19.93, 60.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 63.56, 108.27°)
OKLab	oklab(73.8% -0.0606 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(73.8% 0.147 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.3042, 41.3261, 9.4705)
Luminance	0.4133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B434 #3F34B4

analogous

#B47F34 #A9B434 #69B434

triadic

#A9B434 #34A9B4 #B434A9

tetradic

#A9B434 #34B47F #3F34B4 #B43469

square

#A9B434 #34B47F #3F34B4 #B43469

split-complementary

#A9B434 #3469B4 #7F34B4

monochromatic

#505519 #7C8526 #A9B434 #C4CE57 #D5DC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#A9B434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#A9B434 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B434

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B434	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)

#C1AB1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AD3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A99B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.147 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ca74',
    500: '#a9b434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b434;
$custom-light: #c6ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.156,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73802,
    "c": 0.14732,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B434

secondary

#847EC6

accent

#49DF56

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B434

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

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