#A9B72B#A9B72B

#A9B72B 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 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B72B
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 76.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, -21.85, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 67.80, 108.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.42% -0.0668 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(74.42% 0.156 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7327, 42.4770, 8.7069)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B72B #392BB7

analogous

#B77F2B #A9B72B #63B72B

triadic

#A9B72B #2BA9B7 #B72BA9

tetradic

#A9B72B #2BB77F #392BB7 #B72B63

square

#A9B72B #2BB77F #392BB7 #B72B63

split-complementary

#A9B72B #2B63B7 #7F2BB7

monochromatic

#4D5414 #7B851F #A9B72B #C7D54B #D6E07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A9B72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B72B

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B72B	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.156 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc70',
    500: '#a9b72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b72b;
$custom-light: #c6cc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 61.947,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74423,
    "c": 0.15579,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B72B

secondary

#7E75C9

accent

#43E553

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B72B

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

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