#A9B625#A9B625

#A9B625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.158 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B625
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 37)
HSL	hsl(65, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 80%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 79.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -21.59, 65.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 69.15, 108.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0665 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.158 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.4251, 42.0251, 8.1008)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B625 #3225B6

analogous

#B67A25 #A9B625 #61B625

triadic

#A9B625 #25A9B6 #B625A9

tetradic

#A9B625 #25B67A #3225B6 #B62561

square

#A9B625 #25B67A #3225B6 #B62561

split-complementary

#A9B625 #2561B6 #7A25B6

monochromatic

#4B5010 #7A831B #A9B625 #CBD840 #D9E373

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#A9B625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B625

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B625	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.158 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6d',
    500: '#a9b625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b625;
$custom-light: #c6cb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.379,
    "s": 66.21,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74165,
    "c": 0.15764,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.42024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B625

secondary

#766DCA

accent

#3FE94E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B625

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

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