#A9BB55#A9BB55

#A9BB55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.129 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BB55
RGB	rgb(169, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.65, -21.11, 48.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.65, 53.18, 113.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0606 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.129 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7727, 44.6318, 15.3229)
Luminance	0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BB55 #6755BB

analogous

#BB9A55 #A9BB55 #76BB55

triadic

#A9BB55 #55A9BB #BB55A9

tetradic

#A9BB55 #55BB9A #6755BB #BB5576

square

#A9BB55 #55BB9A #6755BB #BB5576

split-complementary

#A9BB55 #5576BB #9A55BB

monochromatic

#606B2B #87973C #A9BB55 #BFCC81 #D5DEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#A9BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BB55

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BB55	1.00	2.12	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.129 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5cf88',
    500: '#a9bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bb55;
$custom-light: #c5cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75691,
    "c": 0.1294,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BB55

secondary

#A8A0CC

accent

#55D36B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BB55

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

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