#A9B552#A9B552

#A9B552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 115.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B552
RGB	rgb(169, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(67, 40%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(67, 55%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.6%, 0%, 54.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -18.36, 48.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 51.62, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% -0.0532 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.125 115.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.4097, 42.0924, 14.2930)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B552 #5E52B5

analogous

#B59052 #A9B552 #78B552

triadic

#A9B552 #52A9B5 #B552A9

tetradic

#A9B552 #52B590 #5E52B5 #B55278

square

#A9B552 #52B590 #5E52B5 #B55278

split-complementary

#A9B552 #5278B5 #9052B5

monochromatic

#5C622A #848D3C #A9B552 #BEC77D #D4DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#A9B552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B552

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B552	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 115.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb86',
    500: '#a9b552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b552;
$custom-light: #c5cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.273,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74307,
    "c": 0.12469,
    "h": 115.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B552

secondary

#A19CC7

accent

#58D066

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B552

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

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