#A9BC36#A9BC36

#A9BC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.155 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC36
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 71.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.67, -23.79, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.67, 66.27, 111.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0712 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.155 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0121, 44.6682, 10.2667)
Luminance	0.4467 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC36 #4936BC

analogous

#BC8C36 #A9BC36 #66BC36

triadic

#A9BC36 #36A9BC #BC36A9

tetradic

#A9BC36 #36BC8C #4936BC #BC3666

square

#A9BC36 #36BC8C #4936BC #BC3666

split-complementary

#A9BC36 #3666BC #8C36BC

monochromatic

#545D1B #7E8C28 #A9BC36 #C1D15E #D3DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#A9BC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC36

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC36	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B21E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.155 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d076',
    500: '#a9bc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc36;
$custom-light: #c6d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.507,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75627,
    "c": 0.15504,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC36

secondary

#8E85C9

accent

#49DF5E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC36

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

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