#A9B72A#A9B72A

#A9B72A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.156 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B72A
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 77%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, -21.89, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 68.10, 108.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0669 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.156 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7146, 42.4697, 8.6115)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B72A #382AB7

analogous

#B77F2A #A9B72A #63B72A

triadic

#A9B72A #2AA9B7 #B72AA9

tetradic

#A9B72A #2AB77F #382AB7 #B72A63

square

#A9B72A #2AB77F #382AB7 #B72A63

split-complementary

#A9B72A #2A63B7 #7F2AB7

monochromatic

#4D5313 #7B851F #A9B72A #C7D549 #D7E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B72A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#A9B72A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B72A

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B72A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B72A	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)

#C3AF37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b72a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.156 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc70',
    500: '#a9b72a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b72a;
$custom-light: #c6cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b72a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.957,
    "s": 62.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74418,
    "c": 0.1563,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B72A

secondary

#7C74C9

accent

#42E652

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B72A

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

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