#A9BC23#A9BC23

#A9BC23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.165 H 117.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC23
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 35)
HSL	hsl(67, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(67, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 81.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -24.61, 67.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 72.05, 109.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.075 0.1469)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.165 117)
XYZ	xyz(34.6497, 44.5233, 8.3583)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC23 #3623BC

analogous

#BC8223 #A9BC23 #5CBC23

triadic

#A9BC23 #23A9BC #BC23A9

tetradic

#A9BC23 #23BC82 #3623BC #BC235C

square

#A9BC23 #23BC82 #3623BC #BC235C

split-complementary

#A9BC23 #235CBC #8223BC

monochromatic

#4C5510 #7B8819 #A9BC23 #C8DC41 #D7E574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BC23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#A9BC23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC23

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC23	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.165 117.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d06d',
    500: '#a9bc23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc23;
$custom-light: #c7d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.451,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75519,
    "c": 0.16495,
    "h": 117
  },
  "luminance": 0.44523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC23

secondary

#7A6FCC

accent

#3CEB52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC23

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

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