#A9B833#A9B833

#A9B833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.152 H 115.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B833
RGB	rgb(169, 184, 51)
HSL	hsl(67, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 72%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 0%, 72.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, -21.97, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 65.60, 109.57°)
OKLab	oklab(74.7% -0.0664 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(74.7% 0.152 115.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.1011, 42.9555, 9.6262)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B833 #4233B8

analogous

#B88433 #A9B833 #66B833

triadic

#A9B833 #33A9B8 #B833A9

tetradic

#A9B833 #33B884 #4233B8 #B83366

square

#A9B833 #33B884 #4233B8 #B83366

split-complementary

#A9B833 #3366B8 #8433B8

monochromatic

#515818 #7D8826 #A9B833 #C3D158 #D4DE88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#A9B833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#A9B833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B833

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B833	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)

#C5AE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AD9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 184, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.152 115.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd74',
    500: '#a9b833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b833;
$custom-light: #c6cd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.767,
    "s": 56.596,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74699,
    "c": 0.15237,
    "h": 115.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B833

secondary

#877FC8

accent

#48E059

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B833

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

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