#A9BB2B#A9BB2B

#A9BB2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.160 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB2B
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 43)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 77%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.33, -23.82, 65.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.33, 69.43, 110.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0722 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.16 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.5695, 44.1505, 8.9858)
Luminance	0.4415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB2B #3D2BBB

analogous

#BB852B #A9BB2B #61BB2B

triadic

#A9BB2B #2BA9BB #BB2BA9

tetradic

#A9BB2B #2BBB85 #3D2BBB #BB2B61

square

#A9BB2B #2BBB85 #3D2BBB #BB2B61

split-complementary

#A9BB2B #2B61BB #852BBB

monochromatic

#4F5714 #7C8920 #A9BB2B #C5D64D #D5E27F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A9BB2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#A9BB2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB2B

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB2B	1.00	2.14	9.83	9.83
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.160 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf71',
    500: '#a9bb2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb2b;
$custom-light: #c6cf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.5,
    "s": 62.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75331,
    "c": 0.16015,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB2B

secondary

#8278CA

accent

#42E657

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB2B

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

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