#A9BC2B#A9BC2B

#A9BC2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.161 H 117.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC2B
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 43)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 77.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -24.31, 65.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 69.84, 110.37°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0735 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.161 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.7823, 44.5763, 9.0568)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC2B #3E2BBC

analogous

#BC862B #A9BC2B #60BC2B

triadic

#A9BC2B #2BA9BC #BC2BA9

tetradic

#A9BC2B #2BBC86 #3E2BBC #BC2B60

square

#A9BC2B #2BBC86 #3E2BBC #BC2B60

split-complementary

#A9BC2B #2B60BC #862BBC

monochromatic

#4F5814 #7C8A20 #A9BC2B #C5D64E #D5E280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BC2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A9BC2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC2B

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC2B	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.161 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d071',
    500: '#a9bc2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc2b;
$custom-light: #c6d071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.862,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75559,
    "c": 0.16126,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC2B

secondary

#8378CB

accent

#42E657

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC2B

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

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