#A9B52E#A9B52E

#A9B52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.152 H 114.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B52E
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 46)
HSL	hsl(65, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(65, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 74.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -20.73, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 66.03, 108.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.99% -0.0634 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(73.99% 0.152 114.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.3802, 41.6806, 8.8710)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B52E #3A2EB5

analogous

#B57D2E #A9B52E #66B52E

triadic

#A9B52E #2EA9B5 #B52EA9

tetradic

#A9B52E #2EB57D #3A2EB5 #B52E66

square

#A9B52E #2EB57D #3A2EB5 #B52E66

split-complementary

#A9B52E #2E66B5 #7D2EB5

monochromatic

#4E5315 #7B8422 #A9B52E #C6D24E #D6DE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#A9B52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B52E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B52E	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AE3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AA9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.152 114.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb71',
    500: '#a9b52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b52e;
$custom-light: #c6cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.333,
    "s": 59.471,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73988,
    "c": 0.152,
    "h": 114.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B52E

secondary

#7F78C7

accent

#45E353

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B52E

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

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