#A9BB3E#A9BB3E

#A9BB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.149 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB3E
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 62)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 66.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, -22.83, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 62.88, 111.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0678 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.149 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.0028, 44.3239, 11.2679)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB3E #503EBB

analogous

#BB8F3E #A9BB3E #6BBB3E

triadic

#A9BB3E #3EA9BB #BB3EA9

tetradic

#A9BB3E #3EBB8F #503EBB #BB3E6B

square

#A9BB3E #3EBB8F #503EBB #BB3E6B

split-complementary

#A9BB3E #3E6BBB #8F3EBB

monochromatic

#565F20 #7F8D2F #A9BB3E #BFCD69 #D2DC97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A9BB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#A9BB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB3E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB3E	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)

#C7B12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.149 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6cf7a',
    500: '#a9bb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb3e;
$custom-light: #c6cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.64,
    "s": 50.201,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75461,
    "c": 0.14851,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB3E

secondary

#958DC8

accent

#4EDA62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB3E

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

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