#A9B733#A9B733

#A9B733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.151 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B733
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 51)
HSL	hsl(66, 56%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(66, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 72.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, -21.48, 61.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 65.18, 109.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% -0.065 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.151 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.8941, 42.5416, 9.5572)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B733 #4133B7

analogous

#B78333 #A9B733 #67B733

triadic

#A9B733 #33A9B7 #B733A9

tetradic

#A9B733 #33B783 #4133B7 #B73367

square

#A9B733 #33B783 #4133B7 #B73367

split-complementary

#A9B733 #3367B7 #8333B7

monochromatic

#515718 #7D8726 #A9B733 #C3D057 #D4DE87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#A9B733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B733

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B733	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.151 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc74',
    500: '#a9b733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b733;
$custom-light: #c6cc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.364,
    "s": 56.41,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74473,
    "c": 0.15126,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B733

secondary

#867FC7

accent

#48E058

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B733

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

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