#A9B751#A9B751

#A9B751 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.128 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B751
RGB	rgb(169, 183, 81)
HSL	hsl(68, 41%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(68, 56%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(7.7%, 0%, 55.7%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -19.45, 49.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 53.04, 111.52°)
OKLab	oklab(74.74% -0.0564 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.74% 0.128 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7815, 42.8965, 14.2306)
Luminance	0.4290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B751 #5F51B7

analogous

#B79251 #A9B751 #76B751

triadic

#A9B751 #51A9B7 #B751A9

tetradic

#A9B751 #51B792 #5F51B7 #B75176

square

#A9B751 #51B792 #5F51B7 #B75176

split-complementary

#A9B751 #5176B7 #9251B7

monochromatic

#5C6429 #848F3B #A9B751 #BEC97C #D4DBA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A9B751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B751

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B751	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2AEA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 183, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.128 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cc85',
    500: '#a9b751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b751;
$custom-light: #c5cc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 41.463,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74744,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B751

secondary

#A29CC8

accent

#57D167

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8EF

border

#D1D1CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B751

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

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