#A9B52C#A9B52C

#A9B52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.153 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B52C
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 44)
HSL	hsl(65, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 75.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.64, -20.82, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.64, 66.67, 108.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.98% -0.0638 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(73.98% 0.153 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3417, 41.6652, 8.6682)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B52C #382CB5

analogous

#B57C2C #A9B52C #65B52C

triadic

#A9B52C #2CA9B5 #B52CA9

tetradic

#A9B52C #2CB57C #382CB5 #B52C65

square

#A9B52C #2CB57C #382CB5 #B52C65

split-complementary

#A9B52C #2C65B5 #7C2CB5

monochromatic

#4D5314 #7B8420 #A9B52C #C7D34B #D7DF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#A9B52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B52C

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B52C	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)

#C2AC09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.153 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb70',
    500: '#a9b52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b52c;
$custom-light: #c6cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.255,
    "s": 60.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73976,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B52C

secondary

#7C75C8

accent

#44E452

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B52C

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

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