#A9B736#A9B736

#A9B736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.149 H 115.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B736
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(67, 54%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 70%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 70.5%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.26, -21.32, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.26, 64.12, 109.42°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% -0.0643 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.149 115.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.9624, 42.5689, 9.9168)
Luminance	0.4257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B736 #4436B7

analogous

#B78536 #A9B736 #69B736

triadic

#A9B736 #36A9B7 #B736A9

tetradic

#A9B736 #36B785 #4436B7 #B73669

square

#A9B736 #36B785 #4436B7 #B73669

split-complementary

#A9B736 #3669B7 #8536B7

monochromatic

#52581A #7D8828 #A9B736 #C2CF5B #D4DD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#A9B736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B736

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B736	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)

#C4AE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3AF40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AC9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.149 115.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc75',
    500: '#a9b736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b736;
$custom-light: #c6cc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.512,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74494,
    "c": 0.14938,
    "h": 115.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B736

secondary

#8982C7

accent

#4ADE5A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B736

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

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