#A9BA36#A9BA36

#A9BA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.153 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BA36
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(68, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 71%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 71%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, -22.80, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 65.40, 110.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.17% -0.0684 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.17% 0.153 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5878, 43.8196, 10.1253)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BA36 #4736BA

analogous

#BA8936 #A9BA36 #67BA36

triadic

#A9BA36 #36A9BA #BA36A9

tetradic

#A9BA36 #36BA89 #4736BA #BA3667

square

#A9BA36 #36BA89 #4736BA #BA3667

split-complementary

#A9BA36 #3667BA #8936BA

monochromatic

#535B1A #7E8B28 #A9BA36 #C1D05D #D3DE8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A9BA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#A9BA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BA36

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BA36	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)

#C7B01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4AFA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.153 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce76',
    500: '#a9ba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ba36;
$custom-light: #c6ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.727,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75173,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BA36

secondary

#8C84C8

accent

#49DE5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BA36

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

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