#A9B831#A9B831

#A9B831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.154 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B831
RGB	rgb(169, 184, 49)
HSL	hsl(67, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 73%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 73.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.51, -22.07, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.51, 66.28, 109.45°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.0669 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.154 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.0580, 42.9383, 9.3989)
Luminance	0.4294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B831 #4031B8

analogous

#B88331 #A9B831 #65B831

triadic

#A9B831 #31A9B8 #B831A9

tetradic

#A9B831 #31B883 #4031B8 #B83165

square

#A9B831 #31B883 #4031B8 #B83165

split-complementary

#A9B831 #3165B8 #8331B8

monochromatic

#505717 #7D8824 #A9B831 #C4D255 #D5DE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#A9B831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B831

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B831	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 184, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.154 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd73',
    500: '#a9b831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b831;
$custom-light: #c6cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.667,
    "s": 57.94,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74686,
    "c": 0.15357,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B831

secondary

#857DC8

accent

#47E158

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B831

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

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