#A9B526#A9B526

#A9B526 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.156 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B526
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 38)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 79%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.61, -21.06, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.61, 68.48, 107.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.94% -0.065 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(73.94% 0.156 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2369, 41.6233, 8.1166)
Luminance	0.4162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B526 #3226B5

analogous

#B57926 #A9B526 #61B526

triadic

#A9B526 #26A9B5 #B526A9

tetradic

#A9B526 #26B579 #3226B5 #B52661

square

#A9B526 #26B579 #3226B5 #B52661

split-complementary

#A9B526 #2661B5 #7926B5

monochromatic

#4B5011 #7A821B #A9B526 #CBD741 #D9E274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#A9B526 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B526

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B526	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)

#C2AE34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.156 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6e',
    500: '#a9b526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b526;
$custom-light: #c6cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.035,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73944,
    "c": 0.15612,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B526

secondary

#766EC9

accent

#40E84E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B526

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

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