#A9BB40#A9BB40

#A9BB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.147 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB40
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 65.8%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -22.71, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 62.11, 111.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.48% -0.0672 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(75.48% 0.147 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0587, 44.3462, 11.5623)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB40 #5240BB

analogous

#BB8F40 #A9BB40 #6CBB40

triadic

#A9BB40 #40A9BB #BB40A9

tetradic

#A9BB40 #40BB8F #5240BB #BB406C

square

#A9BB40 #40BB8F #5240BB #BB406C

split-complementary

#A9BB40 #406CBB #8F40BB

monochromatic

#576021 #808D30 #A9BB40 #BECD6C #D2DC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#A9BB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#A9BB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB40

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB40	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.147 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cf7b',
    500: '#a9bb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb40;
$custom-light: #c5cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.78,
    "s": 49.004,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75478,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB40

secondary

#978FC8

accent

#4FD963

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB40

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

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