#A9B92A#A9B92A

#A9B92A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.158 H 116.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B92A
RGB	rgb(169, 185, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 77.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, -22.88, 65.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 68.91, 109.39°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% -0.0697 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.158 116.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.1300, 43.3006, 8.7500)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B92A #3A2AB9

analogous

#B9812A #A9B92A #62B92A

triadic

#A9B92A #2AA9B9 #B92AA9

tetradic

#A9B92A #2AB981 #3A2AB9 #B92A62

square

#A9B92A #2AB981 #3A2AB9 #B92A62

split-complementary

#A9B92A #2A62B9 #812AB9

monochromatic

#4E5513 #7B871F #A9B92A #C6D64A #D6E17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A9B92A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#A9B92A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B92A

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B92A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B92A	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b92a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 185, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.158 116.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd70',
    500: '#a9b92a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b92a;
$custom-light: #c6cd70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b92a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.713,
    "s": 62.996,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74871,
    "c": 0.15847,
    "h": 116.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B92A

secondary

#7F75CA

accent

#42E654

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B92A

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

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