#A9B545#A9B545

#A9B545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.136 H 114.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B545
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(66, 45%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 61.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, -19.38, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 57.35, 109.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0574 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.136 114.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.9610, 41.9130, 11.9300)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B545 #5145B5

analogous

#B58945 #A9B545 #71B545

triadic

#A9B545 #45A9B5 #B545A9

tetradic

#A9B545 #45B589 #5145B5 #B54571

square

#A9B545 #45B589 #5145B5 #B54571

split-complementary

#A9B545 #4571B5 #8945B5

monochromatic

#565C23 #808934 #A9B545 #BFC86F #D2D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#A9B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#A9B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B545

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B545	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AB9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.136 114.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb7e',
    500: '#a9b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b545;
$custom-light: #c5cb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.429,
    "s": 44.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74169,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 114.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B545

secondary

#9691C5

accent

#53D561

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B545

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

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