#A9B643#A9B643

#A9B643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.139 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B643
RGB	rgb(169, 182, 67)
HSL	hsl(67, 46%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(67, 63%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.1%, 0%, 63.2%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, -20.03, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 58.63, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.38% -0.0594 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(74.38% 0.139 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.1040, 42.2967, 11.6766)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B643 #5043B6

analogous

#B68A43 #A9B643 #70B643

triadic

#A9B643 #43A9B6 #B643A9

tetradic

#A9B643 #43B68A #5043B6 #B64370

square

#A9B643 #43B68A #5043B6 #B64370

split-complementary

#A9B643 #4370B6 #8A43B6

monochromatic

#565D22 #7F8933 #A9B643 #BFC96D #D2DA9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#A9B643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#A9B643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B643

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B643	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 182, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.139 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cb7d',
    500: '#a9b643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b643;
$custom-light: #c5cb7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.783,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74375,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B643

secondary

#958FC6

accent

#52D661

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B643

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

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