#A9B82E#A9B82E

#A9B82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.155 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B82E
RGB	rgb(169, 184, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 75%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, -22.22, 63.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 67.26, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(74.67% -0.0675 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(74.67% 0.155 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.9967, 42.9138, 9.0765)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B82E #3D2EB8

analogous

#B8822E #A9B82E #64B82E

triadic

#A9B82E #2EA9B8 #B82EA9

tetradic

#A9B82E #2EB882 #3D2EB8 #B82E64

square

#A9B82E #2EB882 #3D2EB8 #B82E64

split-complementary

#A9B82E #2E64B8 #822EB8

monochromatic

#4F5616 #7C8722 #A9B82E #C5D350 #D5DF81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#A9B82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B82E

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B82E	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)

#C5AE0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 184, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.155 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd72',
    500: '#a9b82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b82e;
$custom-light: #c6cd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.522,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74667,
    "c": 0.15527,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B82E

secondary

#8279C8

accent

#45E356

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B82E

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

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