#A9BB2D#A9BB2D

#A9BB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.159 H 116.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB2D
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 45)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 75.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -23.74, 64.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 68.82, 110.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0718 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.159 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6070, 44.1656, 9.1838)
Luminance	0.4416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB2D #3F2DBB

analogous

#BB862D #A9BB2D #62BB2D

triadic

#A9BB2D #2DA9BB #BB2DA9

tetradic

#A9BB2D #2DBB86 #3F2DBB #BB2D62

square

#A9BB2D #2DBB86 #3F2DBB #BB2D62

split-complementary

#A9BB2D #2D62BB #862DBB

monochromatic

#505815 #7C8A21 #A9BB2D #C4D550 #D5E182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A9BB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#A9BB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB2D

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB2D	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)

#C8B107

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.159 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf71',
    500: '#a9bb2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb2d;
$custom-light: #c6cf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.606,
    "s": 61.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75343,
    "c": 0.15912,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB2D

secondary

#847ACA

accent

#43E458

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB2D

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

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