#A9B52A#A9B52A

#A9B52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.154 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B52A
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 42)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 76.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -20.90, 63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 67.30, 108.09°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.0642 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.154 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3050, 41.6506, 8.4749)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B52A #362AB5

analogous

#B57B2A #A9B52A #63B52A

triadic

#A9B52A #2AA9B5 #B52AA9

tetradic

#A9B52A #2AB57B #362AB5 #B52A63

square

#A9B52A #2AB57B #362AB5 #B52A63

split-complementary

#A9B52A #2A63B5 #7B2AB5

monochromatic

#4C5213 #7B831E #A9B52A #C8D448 #D7E079

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A9B52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B52A

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B52A	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)

#C2AC02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.154 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6f',
    500: '#a9b52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b52a;
$custom-light: #c6cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.18,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73965,
    "c": 0.15415,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B52A

secondary

#7A73C8

accent

#42E550

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B52A

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

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