#A9B930#A9B930

#A9B930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.155 H 116.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9B930
RGB	rgb(169, 185, 48)
HSL	hsl(67, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(67, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, -22.62, 63.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 67.03, 109.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0684 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.155 116.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2455, 43.3468, 9.3585)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9B930 #4030B9

analogous

#B98430 #A9B930 #65B930

triadic

#A9B930 #30A9B9 #B930A9

tetradic

#A9B930 #30B984 #4030B9 #B93065

square

#A9B930 #30B984 #4030B9 #B93065

split-complementary

#A9B930 #3065B9 #8430B9

monochromatic

#505817 #7D8823 #A9B930 #C4D354 #D5DF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#A9B930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#A9B930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9B930

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9B930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9B930	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AE9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9b930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 185, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.155 116.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cd73',
    500: '#a9b930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9b930;
$custom-light: #c6cd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9b930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.007,
    "s": 58.798,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74906,
    "c": 0.15525,
    "h": 116.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9B930

secondary

#857CC9

accent

#46E258

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9B930

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

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