#A9BB2E#A9BB2E

#A9BB2E 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	#A9BB2E
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 46)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 75%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 75.4%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.34, -23.69, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.34, 68.51, 110.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0716 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.159 116.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.6265, 44.1734, 9.2864)
Luminance	0.4417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB2E #402EBB

analogous

#BB872E #A9BB2E #62BB2E

triadic

#A9BB2E #2EA9BB #BB2EA9

tetradic

#A9BB2E #2EBB87 #402EBB #BB2E62

square

#A9BB2E #2EBB87 #402EBB #BB2E62

split-complementary

#A9BB2E #2E62BB #872EBB

monochromatic

#505916 #7D8A22 #A9BB2E #C4D452 #D5E083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#A9BB2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.83

#A9BB2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB2E

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB2E	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)

#C8B10B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.159 116.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf72',
    500: '#a9bb2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb2e;
$custom-light: #c6cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.66,
    "s": 60.515,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.15858,
    "h": 116.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB2E

secondary

#857BCA

accent

#44E459

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB2E

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

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