#A9BC31#A9BC31

#A9BC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.158 H 117.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC31
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 49)
HSL	hsl(68, 59%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 73.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -24.04, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 67.97, 110.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0723 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.158 117.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.9006, 44.6236, 9.6798)
Luminance	0.4462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC31 #4431BC

analogous

#BC8A31 #A9BC31 #64BC31

triadic

#A9BC31 #31A9BC #BC31A9

tetradic

#A9BC31 #31BC8A #4431BC #BC3164

square

#A9BC31 #31BC8A #4431BC #BC3164

split-complementary

#A9BC31 #3164BC #8A31BC

monochromatic

#525B18 #7D8B24 #A9BC31 #C2D357 #D4E088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A9BC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#A9BC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC31

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC31	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)

#C9B213

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B1A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.158 117.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d073',
    500: '#a9bc31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc31;
$custom-light: #c6d073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.201,
    "s": 58.65,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75594,
    "c": 0.15803,
    "h": 117.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC31

secondary

#897FCA

accent

#46E25B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC31

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

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