#A9B62E#A9B62E

#A9B62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.153 H 115.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B62E
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 74.7%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, -21.22, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 66.44, 108.63°)
OKLab	oklab(74.21% -0.0648 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(74.21% 0.153 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.5842, 42.0888, 8.9390)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B62E #3B2EB6

analogous

#B67F2E #A9B62E #65B62E

triadic

#A9B62E #2EA9B6 #B62EA9

tetradic

#A9B62E #2EB67F #3B2EB6 #B62E65

square

#A9B62E #2EB67F #3B2EB6 #B62E65

split-complementary

#A9B62E #2E65B6 #7F2EB6

monochromatic

#4E5415 #7C8522 #A9B62E #C6D24F #D6DF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#A9B62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B62E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B62E	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)

#C3AD0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.153 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb71',
    500: '#a9b62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b62e;
$custom-light: #c6cb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.735,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74214,
    "c": 0.15308,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.42088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B62E

secondary

#8078C8

accent

#45E354

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B62E

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

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