#A9B73A#A9B73A

#A9B73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.147 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B73A
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 58)
HSL	hsl(67, 52%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 68.3%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.29, -21.10, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.29, 62.64, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0633 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.147 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0602, 42.6080, 10.4321)
Luminance	0.4261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B73A #483AB7

analogous

#B7873A #A9B73A #6BB73A

triadic

#A9B73A #3AA9B7 #B73AA9

tetradic

#A9B73A #3AB787 #483AB7 #B73A6B

square

#A9B73A #3AB787 #483AB7 #B73A6B

split-complementary

#A9B73A #3A6BB7 #873AB7

monochromatic

#535A1D #7E892B #A9B73A #C1CD61 #D3DC90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#A9B73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B73A

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B73A	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.147 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc78',
    500: '#a9b73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b73a;
$custom-light: #c6cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.72,
    "s": 51.867,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74524,
    "c": 0.14671,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B73A

secondary

#8D86C7

accent

#4CDB5C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B73A

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

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