#A9B72E#A9B72E

#A9B72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.154 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B72E
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(66, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 74.9%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -21.72, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 66.85, 108.96°)
OKLab	oklab(74.44% -0.0661 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(74.44% 0.154 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.7897, 42.4998, 9.0075)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B72E #3C2EB7

analogous

#B7802E #A9B72E #65B72E

triadic

#A9B72E #2EA9B7 #B72EA9

tetradic

#A9B72E #2EB780 #3C2EB7 #B72E65

square

#A9B72E #2EB780 #3C2EB7 #B72E65

split-complementary

#A9B72E #2E65B7 #802EB7

monochromatic

#4F5515 #7C8622 #A9B72E #C5D34F #D5DF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A9B72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B72E

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B72E	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)

#C4AD0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.154 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc71',
    500: '#a9b72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b72e;
$custom-light: #c6cc71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.131,
    "s": 59.825,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74441,
    "c": 0.15418,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B72E

secondary

#8179C8

accent

#45E355

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B72E

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

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