#A9BB3C#A9BB3C

#A9BB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.150 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB3C
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 60)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 67.9%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -22.96, 59.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 63.65, 111.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.44% -0.0683 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.44% 0.15 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9489, 44.3023, 10.9842)
Luminance	0.4430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB3C #4E3CBB

analogous

#BB8D3C #A9BB3C #69BB3C

triadic

#A9BB3C #3CA9BB #BB3CA9

tetradic

#A9BB3C #3CBB8D #4E3CBB #BB3C69

square

#A9BB3C #3CBB8D #4E3CBB #BB3C69

split-complementary

#A9BB3C #3C69BB #8D3CBB

monochromatic

#555E1E #7F8D2D #A9BB3C #BFCE66 #D3DD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A9BB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#A9BB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB3C

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB3C	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.150 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf79',
    500: '#a9bb3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb3c;
$custom-light: #c6cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.504,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75445,
    "c": 0.14993,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB3C

secondary

#938BC8

accent

#4DDB61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB3C

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

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