#A9BB39#A9BB39

#A9BB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.152 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB39
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(68, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(68, 70%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 69.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.41, -23.13, 60.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.41, 64.76, 110.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.42% -0.0691 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.42% 0.152 117)
XYZ	xyz(34.8718, 44.2715, 10.5783)
Luminance	0.4427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB39 #4B39BB

analogous

#BB8C39 #A9BB39 #68BB39

triadic

#A9BB39 #39A9BB #BB39A9

tetradic

#A9BB39 #39BB8C #4B39BB #BB3968

square

#A9BB39 #39BB8C #4B39BB #BB3968

split-complementary

#A9BB39 #3968BB #8C39BB

monochromatic

#545D1C #7F8C2B #A9BB39 #C0CF62 #D3DD91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A9BB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#A9BB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB39

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB39	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)

#C8B124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.152 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf77',
    500: '#a9bb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb39;
$custom-light: #c6cf77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.308,
    "s": 53.279,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75422,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.44271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB39

secondary

#9087C8

accent

#4BDD5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB39

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

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