#A9BB33#A9BB33

#A9BB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.156 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB33
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 51)
HSL	hsl(68, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 73%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 72.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, -23.45, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 66.87, 110.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0705 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.156 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7309, 44.2151, 9.8361)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB33 #4533BB

analogous

#BB8933 #A9BB33 #65BB33

triadic

#A9BB33 #33A9BB #BB33A9

tetradic

#A9BB33 #33BB89 #4533BB #BB3365

square

#A9BB33 #33BB89 #4533BB #BB3365

split-complementary

#A9BB33 #3365BB #8933BB

monochromatic

#525B19 #7E8B26 #A9BB33 #C2D259 #D4DF89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A9BB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#A9BB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB33

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB33	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)

#C8B118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.156 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf74',
    500: '#a9bb33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb33;
$custom-light: #c6cf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.941,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7538,
    "c": 0.15573,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB33

secondary

#8A81C9

accent

#47E05C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB33

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

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