#A9B524#A9B524

#A9B524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.157 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B524
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 36)
HSL	hsl(65, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 80.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, -21.13, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 69.03, 107.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.93% -0.0653 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(73.93% 0.157 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2055, 41.6108, 7.9512)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B524 #3024B5

analogous

#B57924 #A9B524 #60B524

triadic

#A9B524 #24A9B5 #B524A9

tetradic

#A9B524 #24B579 #3024B5 #B52460

square

#A9B524 #24B579 #3024B5 #B52460

split-complementary

#A9B524 #2460B5 #7924B5

monochromatic

#4A4F10 #79821A #A9B524 #CCD93E #D9E371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#A9B524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B524

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B524	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.157 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6d',
    500: '#a9b524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b524;
$custom-light: #c6cb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64.966,
    "s": 66.82,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73934,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B524

secondary

#736BC9

accent

#3EEA4C

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B524

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

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