#A9BA4E#A9BA4E

#A9BA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.135 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BA4E
RGB	rgb(169, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(69, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(69, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.1%, 0%, 58.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.30, -21.20, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.30, 55.81, 112.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.0616 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.135 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.2968, 44.1032, 13.8596)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BA4E #5F4EBA

analogous

#BA954E #A9BA4E #73BA4E

triadic

#A9BA4E #4EA9BA #BA4EA9

tetradic

#A9BA4E #4EBA95 #5F4EBA #BA4E73

square

#A9BA4E #4EBA95 #5F4EBA #BA4E73

split-complementary

#A9BA4E #4E73BA #954EBA

monochromatic

#5C6628 #849239 #A9BA4E #BECB7A #D4DCA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A9BA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#A9BA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BA4E

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BA4E	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.135 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ce83',
    500: '#a9ba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ba4e;
$custom-light: #c5ce83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.444,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75386,
    "c": 0.13451,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BA4E

secondary

#A29ACA

accent

#54D468

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BA4E

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

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