#A9B62A#A9B62A

#A9B62A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.155 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B62A
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 76.9%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, -21.40, 64.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 67.70, 108.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.19% -0.0656 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(74.19% 0.155 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.5090, 42.0587, 8.5430)
Luminance	0.4206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B62A #372AB6

analogous

#B67D2A #A9B62A #63B62A

triadic

#A9B62A #2AA9B6 #B62AA9

tetradic

#A9B62A #2AB67D #372AB6 #B62A63

square

#A9B62A #2AB67D #372AB6 #B62A63

split-complementary

#A9B62A #2A63B6 #7D2AB6

monochromatic

#4D5313 #7B841F #A9B62A #C8D548 #D7E07A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B62A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A9B62A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B62A

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B62A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B62A	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)

#C3AD01

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b62a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.155 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb6f',
    500: '#a9b62a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b62a;
$custom-light: #c6cb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b62a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.571,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74191,
    "c": 0.15522,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.42058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B62A

secondary

#7B73C8

accent

#42E651

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B62A

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

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