#A9BC2C#A9BC2C

#A9BC2C 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	#A9BC2C
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 44)
HSL	hsl(68, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 76.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, -24.27, 65.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 69.54, 110.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0733 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.161 117.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8009, 44.5837, 9.1546)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC2C #3F2CBC

analogous

#BC872C #A9BC2C #61BC2C

triadic

#A9BC2C #2CA9BC #BC2CA9

tetradic

#A9BC2C #2CBC87 #3F2CBC #BC2C61

square

#A9BC2C #2CBC87 #3F2CBC #BC2C61

split-complementary

#A9BC2C #2C61BC #872CBC

monochromatic

#505915 #7C8A20 #A9BC2C #C4D64F #D5E181

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A9BC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC2C

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC2C	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)

#C9B203

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.161 117.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d071',
    500: '#a9bc2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc2c;
$custom-light: #c6d071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.917,
    "s": 62.069,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75564,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 117.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC2C

secondary

#8479CA

accent

#43E558

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC2C

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

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