#A9B528#A9B528

#A9B528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.155 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B528
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 40)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 77.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -20.98, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 67.90, 108.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0646 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.155 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2701, 41.6366, 8.2911)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B528 #3428B5

analogous

#B57A28 #A9B528 #63B528

triadic

#A9B528 #28A9B5 #B528A9

tetradic

#A9B528 #28B57A #3428B5 #B52863

square

#A9B528 #28B57A #3428B5 #B52863

split-complementary

#A9B528 #2863B5 #7A28B5

monochromatic

#4B5112 #7A831D #A9B528 #C9D644 #D8E177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A9B528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B528

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B528	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.155 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6e',
    500: '#a9b528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b528;
$custom-light: #c6cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.106,
    "s": 63.801,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73954,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B528

secondary

#7870C8

accent

#41E74F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B528

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

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