#A9B453#A9B453

#A9B453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.123 H 114.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B453
RGB	rgb(169, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(67, 39%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 54%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.1%, 0%, 53.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.67, -17.77, 47.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.67, 50.68, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.1% -0.0514 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(74.1% 0.123 114.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.2454, 41.7026, 14.4273)
Luminance	0.4170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B453 #5E53B4

analogous

#B48F53 #A9B453 #79B453

triadic

#A9B453 #53A9B4 #B453A9

tetradic

#A9B453 #53B48F #5E53B4 #B45379

square

#A9B453 #53B48F #5E53B4 #B45379

split-complementary

#A9B453 #5379B4 #8F53B4

monochromatic

#5C622B #848D3D #A9B453 #BEC77E #D4D9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#A9B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B453

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B453	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AB9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.123 114.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ca86',
    500: '#a9b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b453;
$custom-light: #c4ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.804,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74095,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 114.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B453

secondary

#A19CC7

accent

#59CF66

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B453

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

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