#A9BB48#A9BB48

#A9BB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.141 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB48
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 72)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(69, 61%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 61.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -22.16, 54.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 58.86, 112.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0649 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.141 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3029, 44.4439, 12.8484)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB48 #5A48BB

analogous

#BB9348 #A9BB48 #6FBB48

triadic

#A9BB48 #48A9BB #BB48A9

tetradic

#A9BB48 #48BB93 #5A48BB #BB486F

square

#A9BB48 #48BB93 #5A48BB #BB486F

split-complementary

#A9BB48 #486FBB #9348BB

monochromatic

#5A6425 #829036 #A9BB48 #BECC75 #D3DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#A9BB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB48

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB48	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B1A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.141 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cf80',
    500: '#a9bb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb48;
$custom-light: #c5cf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.391,
    "s": 45.817,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB48

secondary

#9E96C9

accent

#52D567

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB48

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

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