#A9B626#A9B626

#A9B626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.157 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B626
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 38)
HSL	hsl(65, 65%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(65, 79%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 79.1%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, -21.56, 65.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 68.87, 108.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% -0.0663 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.157 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.4410, 42.0315, 8.1846)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B626 #3326B6

analogous

#B67B26 #A9B626 #61B626

triadic

#A9B626 #26A9B6 #B626A9

tetradic

#A9B626 #26B67B #3326B6 #B62661

square

#A9B626 #26B67B #3326B6 #B62661

split-complementary

#A9B626 #2661B6 #7B26B6

monochromatic

#4B5111 #7A831B #A9B626 #CAD742 #D8E274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A9B626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B626

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B626	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.157 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6e',
    500: '#a9b626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b626;
$custom-light: #c6cb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.417,
    "s": 65.455,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7417,
    "c": 0.15718,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.42031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B626

secondary

#776EC9

accent

#3FE84F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B626

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

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