#A9B82B#A9B82B

#A9B82B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.157 H 115.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B82B
RGB	rgb(169, 184, 43)
HSL	hsl(66, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(66, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 76.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.48, -22.35, 64.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.48, 68.20, 109.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% -0.0681 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.157 115.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9397, 42.8910, 8.7759)
Luminance	0.4289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B82B #3A2BB8

analogous

#B8812B #A9B82B #63B82B

triadic

#A9B82B #2BA9B8 #B82BA9

tetradic

#A9B82B #2BB881 #3A2BB8 #B82B63

square

#A9B82B #2BB881 #3A2BB8 #B82B63

split-complementary

#A9B82B #2B63B8 #812BB8

monochromatic

#4E5514 #7B861F #A9B82B #C6D54B #D6E17D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A9B82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B82B

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B82B	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)

#C5AE03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 184, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.157 115.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd70',
    500: '#a9b82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b82b;
$custom-light: #c6cd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.383,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7465,
    "c": 0.15687,
    "h": 115.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B82B

secondary

#7F76C9

accent

#43E554

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B82B

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

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