#A9B62F#A9B62F

#A9B62F 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	#A9B62F
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 47)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 74.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -21.18, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 66.11, 108.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% -0.0645 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.153 115)
XYZ	xyz(33.6042, 42.0967, 9.0440)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B62F #3C2FB6

analogous

#B6802F #A9B62F #65B62F

triadic

#A9B62F #2FA9B6 #B62FA9

tetradic

#A9B62F #2FB680 #3C2FB6 #B62F65

square

#A9B62F #2FB680 #3C2FB6 #B62F65

split-complementary

#A9B62F #2F65B6 #802FB6

monochromatic

#4F5516 #7C8522 #A9B62F #C5D250 #D5DE81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#A9B62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#A9B62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B62F

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B62F	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)

#C3AD12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AB9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.153 115.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cb72',
    500: '#a9b62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b62f;
$custom-light: #c6cb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.778,
    "s": 58.952,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.15251,
    "h": 115
  },
  "luminance": 0.42096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B62F

secondary

#8179C7

accent

#46E255

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B62F

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

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