#A9BB35#A9BB35

#A9BB35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.155 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB35
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 53)
HSL	hsl(68, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(68, 72%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 71.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, -23.35, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 66.19, 110.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.39% -0.07 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.39% 0.155 117)
XYZ	xyz(34.7759, 44.2331, 10.0733)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB35 #4735BB

analogous

#BB8A35 #A9BB35 #66BB35

triadic

#A9BB35 #35A9BB #BB35A9

tetradic

#A9BB35 #35BB8A #4735BB #BB3566

square

#A9BB35 #35BB8A #4735BB #BB3566

split-complementary

#A9BB35 #3566BB #8A35BB

monochromatic

#535C1A #7E8B27 #A9BB35 #C1D15C #D3DE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A9BB35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#A9BB35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB35

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB35	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B0A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.155 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf75',
    500: '#a9bb35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb35;
$custom-light: #c6cf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.06,
    "s": 55.833,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75393,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.44233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB35

secondary

#8C83C9

accent

#49DF5D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB35

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

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