#A9BA2E#A9BA2E

#A9BA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.157 H 116.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BA2E
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 46)
HSL	hsl(67, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(67, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 75.3%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -23.20, 64.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 68.09, 109.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0702 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.157 116.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.4151, 43.7506, 9.2160)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BA2E #3F2EBA

analogous

#BA852E #A9BA2E #63BA2E

triadic

#A9BA2E #2EA9BA #BA2EA9

tetradic

#A9BA2E #2EBA85 #3F2EBA #BA2E63

square

#A9BA2E #2EBA85 #3F2EBA #BA2E63

split-complementary

#A9BA2E #2E63BA #852EBA

monochromatic

#505816 #7C8922 #A9BA2E #C4D451 #D5E082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A9BA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#A9BA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BA2E

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BA2E	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B00C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ba2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.157 116.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce72',
    500: '#a9ba2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ba2e;
$custom-light: #c6ce72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ba2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.286,
    "s": 60.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75121,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 116.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BA2E

secondary

#847BC9

accent

#44E358

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BA2E

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

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