#A9B52B#A9B52B

#A9B52B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; 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	#A9B52B
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 43)
HSL	hsl(65, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 76.2%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -20.86, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 66.99, 108.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.97% -0.064 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(73.97% 0.154 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3231, 41.6578, 8.5704)
Luminance	0.4166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B52B #372BB5

analogous

#B57C2B #A9B52B #64B52B

triadic

#A9B52B #2BA9B5 #B52BA9

tetradic

#A9B52B #2BB57C #372BB5 #B52B64

square

#A9B52B #2BB57C #372BB5 #B52B64

split-complementary

#A9B52B #2B64B5 #7C2BB5

monochromatic

#4D5214 #7B841F #A9B52B #C8D449 #D7E07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B52B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A9B52B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B52B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B52B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B52B	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)

#C2AC05

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b52b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.154 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb70',
    500: '#a9b52b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b52b;
$custom-light: #c6cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b52b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.217,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73971,
    "c": 0.15363,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B52B

secondary

#7B74C8

accent

#43E551

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B52B

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

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