#A9BA3A#A9BA3A

#A9BA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.150 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BA3A
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 58)
HSL	hsl(68, 52%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 69%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 68.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, -22.58, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 63.95, 110.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0674 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.15 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6856, 43.8588, 10.6405)
Luminance	0.4386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BA3A #4B3ABA

analogous

#BA8B3A #A9BA3A #69BA3A

triadic

#A9BA3A #3AA9BA #BA3AA9

tetradic

#A9BA3A #3ABA8B #4B3ABA #BA3A69

square

#A9BA3A #3ABA8B #4B3ABA #BA3A69

split-complementary

#A9BA3A #3A69BA #8B3ABA

monochromatic

#545D1D #7F8B2B #A9BA3A #C0CE63 #D3DD92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#A9BA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#A9BA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BA3A

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BA3A	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ba3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.150 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ce78',
    500: '#a9ba3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ba3a;
$custom-light: #c6ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ba3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.969,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75203,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BA3A

secondary

#9088C8

accent

#4CDC5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BA3A

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

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