#A9B73B#A9B73B

#A9B73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.146 H 115.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B73B
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(67, 51%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(67, 68%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 67.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.30, -21.04, 58.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.30, 62.26, 109.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.063 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.146 115.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0859, 42.6183, 10.5674)
Luminance	0.4262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B73B #493BB7

analogous

#B7873B #A9B73B #6BB73B

triadic

#A9B73B #3BA9B7 #B73BA9

tetradic

#A9B73B #3BB787 #493BB7 #B73B6B

square

#A9B73B #3BB787 #493BB7 #B73B6B

split-complementary

#A9B73B #3B6BB7 #873BB7

monochromatic

#545A1D #7E892C #A9B73B #C1CD63 #D3DC91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#A9B73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#A9B73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B73B

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B73B	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)

#C4AE28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.146 115.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cc78',
    500: '#a9b73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b73b;
$custom-light: #c6cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.774,
    "s": 51.24,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74532,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 115.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B73B

secondary

#8E87C6

accent

#4DDB5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8EE

border

#D1D1C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B73B

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

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