#A9B829#A9B829

#A9B829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.158 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B829
RGB	rgb(169, 184, 41)
HSL	hsl(66, 64%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 78%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 77.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, -22.43, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 68.80, 109.03°)
OKLab	oklab(74.64% -0.0685 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(74.64% 0.158 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9039, 42.8766, 8.5874)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B829 #3829B8

analogous

#B88029 #A9B829 #61B829

triadic

#A9B829 #29A9B8 #B829A9

tetradic

#A9B829 #29B880 #3829B8 #B82961

square

#A9B829 #29B880 #3829B8 #B82961

split-complementary

#A9B829 #2961B8 #8029B8

monochromatic

#4D5413 #7B861E #A9B829 #C7D648 #D7E17A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A9B829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B829

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B829	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)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 184, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.158 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd6f',
    500: '#a9b829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b829;
$custom-light: #c6cd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.294,
    "s": 63.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74639,
    "c": 0.15789,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B829

secondary

#7C73C9

accent

#41E753

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B829

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

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