#A9B62D#A9B62D

#A9B62D 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 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B62D
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 45)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 75.3%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -21.27, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 66.76, 108.58°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.065 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.154 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.5647, 42.0810, 8.8364)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B62D #3A2DB6

analogous

#B67E2D #A9B62D #65B62D

triadic

#A9B62D #2DA9B6 #B62DA9

tetradic

#A9B62D #2DB67E #3A2DB6 #B62D65

square

#A9B62D #2DB67E #3A2DB6 #B62D65

split-complementary

#A9B62D #2D65B6 #7E2DB6

monochromatic

#4E5415 #7B8521 #A9B62D #C6D34D #D6DF7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B62D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#A9B62D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B62D

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B62D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B62D	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b62d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.154 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb71',
    500: '#a9b62d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b62d;
$custom-light: #c6cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b62d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.693,
    "s": 60.352,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74208,
    "c": 0.15364,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.4208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B62D

secondary

#7F77C8

accent

#44E353

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B62D

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

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