#A9BB23#A9BB23

#A9BB23 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	#A9BB23
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 68%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 81.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -24.13, 67.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 71.66, 109.68°)
OKLab	oklab(75.29% -0.0736 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(75.29% 0.164 116.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4368, 44.0975, 8.2873)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB23 #3523BB

analogous

#BB8123 #A9BB23 #5DBB23

triadic

#A9BB23 #23A9BB #BB23A9

tetradic

#A9BB23 #23BB81 #3523BB #BB235D

square

#A9BB23 #23BB81 #3523BB #BB235D

split-complementary

#A9BB23 #235DBB #8123BB

monochromatic

#4C5410 #7A8719 #A9BB23 #C9DB40 #D7E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A9BB23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#A9BB23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB23

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB23	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)

#C7B233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.164 116.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7cf6d',
    500: '#a9bb23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb23;
$custom-light: #c7cf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.105,
    "s": 68.468,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75292,
    "c": 0.16387,
    "h": 116.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB23

secondary

#796ECC

accent

#3CEB51

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB23

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

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