#A9B82A#A9B82A

#A9B82A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.157 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B82A
RGB	rgb(169, 184, 42)
HSL	hsl(66, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 77.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -22.39, 64.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 68.50, 109.08°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0683 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.157 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9215, 42.8837, 8.6805)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B82A #392AB8

analogous

#B8802A #A9B82A #62B82A

triadic

#A9B82A #2AA9B8 #B82AA9

tetradic

#A9B82A #2AB880 #392AB8 #B82A62

square

#A9B82A #2AB880 #392AB8 #B82A62

split-complementary

#A9B82A #2A62B8 #802AB8

monochromatic

#4D5413 #7B861F #A9B82A #C7D64A #D6E17B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B82A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A9B82A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B82A

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B82A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B82A	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)

#C4B037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b82a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 184, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.157 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd70',
    500: '#a9b82a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b82a;
$custom-light: #c6cd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b82a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.338,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74645,
    "c": 0.15738,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B82A

secondary

#7E75C9

accent

#42E653

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B82A

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

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