#A9B724#A9B724

#A9B724 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.159 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B724
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 36)
HSL	hsl(66, 67%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(66, 80%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 80.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -22.13, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 69.81, 108.48°)
OKLab	oklab(74.39% -0.068 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(74.39% 0.159 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6151, 42.4299, 8.0877)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B724 #3224B7

analogous

#B77B24 #A9B724 #60B724

triadic

#A9B724 #24A9B7 #B724A9

tetradic

#A9B724 #24B77B #3224B7 #B72460

square

#A9B724 #24B77B #3224B7 #B72460

split-complementary

#A9B724 #2460B7 #7B24B7

monochromatic

#4B5110 #7A841A #A9B724 #CBD93F #D9E372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A9B724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B724

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B724	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4AF33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.159 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc6d',
    500: '#a9b724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b724;
$custom-light: #c6cc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.714,
    "s": 67.123,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74387,
    "c": 0.15915,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B724

secondary

#766DCA

accent

#3EEA4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B724

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

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