#A9BB22#A9BB22

#A9BB22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.164 H 116.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB22
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 34)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(67, 82%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 81.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -24.16, 67.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 71.91, 109.63°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0738 0.1468)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.164 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4222, 44.0916, 8.2103)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB22 #3422BB

analogous

#BB8022 #A9BB22 #5CBB22

triadic

#A9BB22 #22A9BB #BB22A9

tetradic

#A9BB22 #22BB80 #3422BB #BB225C

square

#A9BB22 #22BB80 #3422BB #BB225C

split-complementary

#A9BB22 #225CBB #8022BB

monochromatic

#4B530F #7A8719 #A9BB22 #C9DC3E #D8E572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A9BB22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#A9BB22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB22

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB22	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)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.164 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cf6d',
    500: '#a9bb22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb22;
$custom-light: #c7cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.059,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75287,
    "c": 0.16428,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB22

secondary

#786DCC

accent

#3CEC50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB22

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

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