#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
RGBrgb(169, 187, 85)
HSLhsl(71, 43%, 53%)
HSVhsv(71, 55%, 73%)
CMYKcmyk(9.6%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LABlab(72.65, -21.11, 48.81)
CIE-LCHlch(72.65, 53.18, 113.38°)
OKLaboklab(75.69% -0.0606 0.1143)
OKLCHoklch(75.69% 0.129 117.9)
XYZxyz(35.7727, 44.6318, 15.3229)
Luminance0.4463 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##A9BB551.002.129.939.93
#FFFFFF2.121.0021.0021.00
#0000009.9321.001.001.00
##0000009.9321.001.001.00

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

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#A9BB55 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva