#A9BC2A#A9BC2A

#A9BC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.162 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC2A
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 77.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -24.35, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 70.14, 110.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0737 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.162 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7642, 44.5691, 8.9614)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC2A #3D2ABC

analogous

#BC862A #A9BC2A #60BC2A

triadic

#A9BC2A #2AA9BC #BC2AA9

tetradic

#A9BC2A #2ABC86 #3D2ABC #BC2A60

square

#A9BC2A #2ABC86 #3D2ABC #BC2A60

split-complementary

#A9BC2A #2A60BC #862ABC

monochromatic

#4F5814 #7C8A1F #A9BC2A #C5D74C #D5E27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#A9BC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC2A

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC2A	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)

#C9B200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.162 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d070',
    500: '#a9bc2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc2a;
$custom-light: #c6d070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.808,
    "s": 63.478,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75554,
    "c": 0.16176,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC2A

secondary

#8277CB

accent

#41E757

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC2A

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

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