#A9B529#A9B529

#A9B529 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	#A9B529
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 41)
HSL	hsl(65, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 77.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, -20.94, 64.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 67.60, 108.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.96% -0.0644 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(73.96% 0.155 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.2873, 41.6435, 8.3819)
Luminance	0.4164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B529 #3529B5

analogous

#B57B29 #A9B529 #63B529

triadic

#A9B529 #29A9B5 #B529A9

tetradic

#A9B529 #29B57B #3529B5 #B52963

square

#A9B529 #29B57B #3529B5 #B52963

split-complementary

#A9B529 #2963B5 #7B29B5

monochromatic

#4C5112 #7A831E #A9B529 #C9D546 #D7E078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A9B529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B529

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B529	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)

#C2AE36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.155 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6f',
    500: '#a9b529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b529;
$custom-light: #c6cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.143,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73959,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B529

secondary

#7972C8

accent

#42E650

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B529

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

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