#A9B730#A9B730

#A9B730 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.153 H 115.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B730
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 48)
HSL	hsl(66, 58%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 74%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 73.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, -21.63, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 66.20, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0657 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.153 115.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8301, 42.5159, 9.2200)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B730 #3E30B7

analogous

#B78130 #A9B730 #66B730

triadic

#A9B730 #30A9B7 #B730A9

tetradic

#A9B730 #30B781 #3E30B7 #B73066

square

#A9B730 #30B781 #3E30B7 #B73066

split-complementary

#A9B730 #3066B7 #8130B7

monochromatic

#4F5617 #7C8723 #A9B730 #C5D252 #D5DE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B730 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#A9B730 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B730

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B730	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B730	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)

#C4AE14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b730;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.153 115.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc72',
    500: '#a9b730',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b730;
$custom-light: #c6cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b730",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.222,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74453,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 115.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B730

secondary

#837BC8

accent

#46E256

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B730

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

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