#A9BC37#A9BC37

#A9BC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.154 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC37
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 70.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.68, -23.73, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.68, 65.92, 111.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0709 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.154 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0358, 44.6777, 10.3917)
Luminance	0.4468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC37 #4A37BC

analogous

#BC8C37 #A9BC37 #67BC37

triadic

#A9BC37 #37A9BC #BC37A9

tetradic

#A9BC37 #37BC8C #4A37BC #BC3767

square

#A9BC37 #37BC8C #4A37BC #BC3767

split-complementary

#A9BC37 #3767BC #8C37BC

monochromatic

#545D1B #7E8D29 #A9BC37 #C0D060 #D3DE8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#A9BC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC37

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC37	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d076',
    500: '#a9bc37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc37;
$custom-light: #c6d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75634,
    "c": 0.1544,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC37

secondary

#8F86C9

accent

#4ADE5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC37

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

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