#A9BA2A#A9BA2A

#A9BA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.160 H 116.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BA2A
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 42)
HSL	hsl(67, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 77.4%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -23.37, 65.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 69.32, 109.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% -0.071 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.16 116.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.3399, 43.7205, 8.8199)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BA2A #3B2ABA

analogous

#BA832A #A9BA2A #61BA2A

triadic

#A9BA2A #2AA9BA #BA2AA9

tetradic

#A9BA2A #2ABA83 #3B2ABA #BA2A61

square

#A9BA2A #2ABA83 #3B2ABA #BA2A61

split-complementary

#A9BA2A #2A61BA #832ABA

monochromatic

#4E5613 #7C881F #A9BA2A #C6D64B #D6E27D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#A9BA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#A9BA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BA2A

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BA2A	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AF9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ba2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.160 116.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce70',
    500: '#a9ba2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ba2a;
$custom-light: #c6ce70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ba2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.083,
    "s": 63.158,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75099,
    "c": 0.15956,
    "h": 116.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BA2A

secondary

#8076CA

accent

#42E655

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BA2A

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

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