#A9BC2E#A9BC2E

#A9BC2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.160 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC2E
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 46)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 75.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -24.18, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 68.93, 110.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0729 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.16 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.8394, 44.5991, 9.3574)
Luminance	0.4460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC2E #412EBC

analogous

#BC882E #A9BC2E #62BC2E

triadic

#A9BC2E #2EA9BC #BC2EA9

tetradic

#A9BC2E #2EBC88 #412EBC #BC2E62

square

#A9BC2E #2EBC88 #412EBC #BC2E62

split-complementary

#A9BC2E #2E62BC #882EBC

monochromatic

#515A16 #7D8B22 #A9BC2E #C3D552 #D4E184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A9BC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC2E

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC2E	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)

#C9B20A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.160 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d072',
    500: '#a9bc2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc2e;
$custom-light: #c6d072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.028,
    "s": 60.684,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75576,
    "c": 0.15969,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC2E

secondary

#867CCA

accent

#44E459

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC2E

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

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