#A9BA33#A9BA33

#A9BA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.155 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BA33
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 51)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 72.6%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, -22.96, 62.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 66.45, 110.22°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.0691 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.155 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5195, 43.7923, 9.7656)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BA33 #4433BA

analogous

#BA8833 #A9BA33 #65BA33

triadic

#A9BA33 #33A9BA #BA33A9

tetradic

#A9BA33 #33BA88 #4433BA #BA3365

square

#A9BA33 #33BA88 #4433BA #BA3365

split-complementary

#A9BA33 #3365BA #8833BA

monochromatic

#525A19 #7D8A26 #A9BA33 #C2D159 #D4DF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A9BA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#A9BA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BA33

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BA33	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ba33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.155 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce74',
    500: '#a9ba33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ba33;
$custom-light: #c6ce74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ba33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.556,
    "s": 56.962,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75153,
    "c": 0.15461,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BA33

secondary

#8980C9

accent

#48E05B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BA33

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

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