#A9BB1E#A9BB1E

#A9BB1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.166 H 116.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB1E
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 30)
HSL	hsl(67, 72%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 84%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 84%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -24.29, 68.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 72.86, 109.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% -0.0744 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.166 116.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3678, 44.0699, 7.9239)
Luminance	0.4407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB1E #301EBB

analogous

#BB7E1E #A9BB1E #5ABB1E

triadic

#A9BB1E #1EA9BB #BB1EA9

tetradic

#A9BB1E #1EBB7E #301EBB #BB1E5A

square

#A9BB1E #1EBB7E #301EBB #BB1E5A

split-complementary

#A9BB1E #1E5ABB #7E1EBB

monochromatic

#4A520D #798616 #A9BB1E #CCDF37 #D9E76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A9BB1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#A9BB1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB1E

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB1E	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.166 116.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cf6b',
    500: '#a9bb1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb1e;
$custom-light: #c7cf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.879,
    "s": 72.35,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75271,
    "c": 0.16582,
    "h": 116.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB1E

secondary

#7367CD

accent

#39EF4E

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F9EC

border

#D2D2C7

text

#141308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB1E

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

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