#A9B628#A9B628

#A9B628 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.156 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B628
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 40)
HSL	hsl(65, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(65, 78%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 78%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, -21.48, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 68.29, 108.33°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% -0.066 0.1416)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.156 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.4741, 42.0447, 8.3591)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B628 #3528B6

analogous

#B67C28 #A9B628 #62B628

triadic

#A9B628 #28A9B6 #B628A9

tetradic

#A9B628 #28B67C #3528B6 #B62862

square

#A9B628 #28B67C #3528B6 #B62862

split-complementary

#A9B628 #2862B6 #7C28B6

monochromatic

#4C5212 #7A841D #A9B628 #C9D645 #D7E177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A9B628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B628

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B628	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)

#C3AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.156 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6f',
    500: '#a9b628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b628;
$custom-light: #c6cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.493,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7418,
    "c": 0.15622,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.42044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B628

secondary

#7971C9

accent

#41E750

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B628

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

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