#A9BB31#A9BB31

#A9BB31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.157 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB31
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 58%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 73.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.36, -23.55, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.36, 67.54, 110.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0709 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.157 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6877, 44.1979, 9.6088)
Luminance	0.4420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB31 #4331BB

analogous

#BB8831 #A9BB31 #64BB31

triadic

#A9BB31 #31A9BB #BB31A9

tetradic

#A9BB31 #31BB88 #4331BB #BB3164

square

#A9BB31 #31BB88 #4331BB #BB3164

split-complementary

#A9BB31 #3164BB #8831BB

monochromatic

#515A18 #7D8B24 #A9BB31 #C3D356 #D4E087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A9BB31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#A9BB31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB31

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB31	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B114

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.157 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf73',
    500: '#a9bb31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb31;
$custom-light: #c6cf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.826,
    "s": 58.475,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75367,
    "c": 0.15691,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB31

secondary

#887FC9

accent

#46E25A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB31

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

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