#A9B62C#A9B62C

#A9B62C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.154 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B62C
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 44)
HSL	hsl(66, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 75.8%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, -21.31, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 67.08, 108.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.2% -0.0652 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(74.2% 0.154 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.5457, 42.0734, 8.7362)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B62C #392CB6

analogous

#B67E2C #A9B62C #64B62C

triadic

#A9B62C #2CA9B6 #B62CA9

tetradic

#A9B62C #2CB67E #392CB6 #B62C64

square

#A9B62C #2CB67E #392CB6 #B62C64

split-complementary

#A9B62C #2C64B6 #7E2CB6

monochromatic

#4D5314 #7B8520 #A9B62C #C7D44C #D6E07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B62C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#A9B62C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B62C

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B62C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B62C	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)

#C3AD08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.154 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb70',
    500: '#a9b62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b62c;
$custom-light: #c6cb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.652,
    "s": 61.062,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74203,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.42073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B62C

secondary

#7E76C8

accent

#44E453

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B62C

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

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