#A9B72F#A9B72F

#A9B72F 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	#A9B72F
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 47)
HSL	hsl(66, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 74.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, -21.67, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 66.53, 109.01°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0659 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.154 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8097, 42.5078, 9.1125)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B72F #3D2FB7

analogous

#B7812F #A9B72F #65B72F

triadic

#A9B72F #2FA9B7 #B72FA9

tetradic

#A9B72F #2FB781 #3D2FB7 #B72F65

square

#A9B72F #2FB781 #3D2FB7 #B72F65

split-complementary

#A9B72F #2F65B7 #812FB7

monochromatic

#4F5616 #7C8622 #A9B72F #C5D251 #D5DF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A9B72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B72F

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B72F	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)

#C4AE11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.154 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc72',
    500: '#a9b72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b72f;
$custom-light: #c6cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.176,
    "s": 59.13,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74447,
    "c": 0.15362,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B72F

secondary

#827AC8

accent

#45E256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B72F

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

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