#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
RGBrgb(169, 187, 35)
HSLhsl(67, 68%, 44%)
HSVhsv(67, 81%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(9.6%, 0%, 81.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.29, -24.13, 67.47)
CIE-LCHlch(72.29, 71.66, 109.68°)
OKLaboklab(75.29% -0.0736 0.1464)
OKLCHoklch(75.29% 0.164 116.7)
XYZxyz(34.4368, 44.0975, 8.2873)
Luminance0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A9BB231.002.149.829.82
#FFFFFF2.141.0021.0021.00
#0000009.8221.001.001.00
##0000009.8221.001.001.00

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

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#A9BB23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva