#A9BB4E#A9BB4E

#A9BB4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB4E
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 78)
HSL	hsl(70, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 58.3%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -21.70, 51.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 56.29, 112.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.063 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.136 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5082, 44.5260, 13.9301)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB4E #604EBB

analogous

#BB974E #A9BB4E #73BB4E

triadic

#A9BB4E #4EA9BB #BB4EA9

tetradic

#A9BB4E #4EBB97 #604EBB #BB4E73

square

#A9BB4E #4EBB97 #604EBB #BB4E73

split-complementary

#A9BB4E #4E73BB #974EBB

monochromatic

#5D6728 #849339 #A9BB4E #BECC7A #D4DDA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#A9BB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB4E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB4E	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cf84',
    500: '#a9bb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb4e;
$custom-light: #c5cf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.908,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75612,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB4E

secondary

#A29BCA

accent

#54D469

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB4E

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

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