#A9B534#A9B534

#A9B534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.148 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B534
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 52)
HSL	hsl(66, 55%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 71%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 71.3%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.69, -20.43, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.69, 63.98, 108.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.062 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.148 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5068, 41.7313, 9.5380)
Luminance	0.4173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B534 #4034B5

analogous

#B58034 #A9B534 #69B534

triadic

#A9B534 #34A9B5 #B534A9

tetradic

#A9B534 #34B580 #4034B5 #B53469

square

#A9B534 #34B580 #4034B5 #B53469

split-complementary

#A9B534 #3469B5 #8034B5

monochromatic

#505619 #7D8526 #A9B534 #C4CF57 #D5DC87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#A9B534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B534

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B534	1.00	2.25	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AA9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.148 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb74',
    500: '#a9b534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b534;
$custom-light: #c6cb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.581,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74028,
    "c": 0.14842,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B534

secondary

#857FC6

accent

#49DF57

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B534

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

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