#A9BA41#A9BA41
#A9BA41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.145 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9BA41 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 186, 65) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 48%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 65%, 73%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 65.1%, 27.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.19, -22.15, 57.11) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.19, 61.26, 111.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.26% -0.0655 0.1295) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.26% 0.145 116.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.8760, 43.9349, 11.6430) |
| Luminance | 0.4393 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.68
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.74
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.37
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.97
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 4.07
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 4.18
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9BA41 #5241BA
analogous
#BA8F41 #A9BA41 #6DBA41
triadic
#A9BA41 #41A9BA #BA41A9
tetradic
#A9BA41 #41BA8F #5241BA #BA416D
square
#A9BA41 #41BA8F #5241BA #BA416D
split-complementary
#A9BA41 #416DBA #8F41BA
monochromatic
#575F21 #808D31 #A9BA41 #BECC6C #D2DC9A
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#A9BA41 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.79
#A9BA41 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9BA41
9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9BA41 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9BA41 | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.79 | 9.79 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.79 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C6B031
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B24A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3B0A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9ba41; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 65); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.145 116.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5ce7c',
500: '#a9ba41',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9ba41; $custom-light: #c5ce7c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9ba41",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 186,
"b": 65
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.43,
"s": 48.207,
"l": 49.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7526,
"c": 0.14514,
"h": 116.8
},
"luminance": 0.43934
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9BA41
secondary
#978FC8
accent
#50D863
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9EE
border
#D1D2C9
text
#13130A
muted
#82827C