#A9B537#A9B537

#A9B537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.146 H 114.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B537
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 55)
HSL	hsl(66, 53%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 70%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 69.6%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.70, -20.27, 59.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.70, 62.90, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.05% -0.0613 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(74.05% 0.146 114.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5765, 41.7592, 9.9052)
Luminance	0.4176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B537 #4337B5

analogous

#B58237 #A9B537 #6AB537

triadic

#A9B537 #37A9B5 #B537A9

tetradic

#A9B537 #37B582 #4337B5 #B5376A

square

#A9B537 #37B582 #4337B5 #B5376A

split-complementary

#A9B537 #376AB5 #8237B5

monochromatic

#51571A #7D8629 #A9B537 #C3CD5C #D4DC8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#A9B537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#A9B537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B537

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B537	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AE41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.146 114.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb76',
    500: '#a9b537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b537;
$custom-light: #c6cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74049,
    "c": 0.14648,
    "h": 114.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B537

secondary

#8882C6

accent

#4BDD59

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B537

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

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