#A9B726#A9B726

#A9B726 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.158 H 115.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B726
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 38)
HSL	hsl(66, 66%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(66, 79%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 79.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, -22.05, 65.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 69.26, 108.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.4% -0.0677 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(74.4% 0.158 115.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.6465, 42.4425, 8.2531)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B726 #3426B7

analogous

#B77C26 #A9B726 #60B726

triadic

#A9B726 #26A9B7 #B726A9

tetradic

#A9B726 #26B77C #3426B7 #B72660

square

#A9B726 #26B77C #3426B7 #B72660

split-complementary

#A9B726 #2660B7 #7C26B7

monochromatic

#4B5211 #7A841B #A9B726 #C9D842 #D8E275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B726 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A9B726 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B726

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B726	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B726	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)

#C4AD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b726;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.158 115.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc6e',
    500: '#a9b726',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b726;
$custom-light: #c6cc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b726",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.793,
    "s": 65.611,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74397,
    "c": 0.15825,
    "h": 115.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B726

secondary

#786FCA

accent

#3FE950

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B726

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

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