#A9BC38#A9BC38

#A9BC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.154 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC38
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 70.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -23.68, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 65.56, 111.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.0707 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.154 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.0600, 44.6874, 10.5192)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC38 #4B38BC

analogous

#BC8D38 #A9BC38 #67BC38

triadic

#A9BC38 #38A9BC #BC38A9

tetradic

#A9BC38 #38BC8D #4B38BC #BC3867

square

#A9BC38 #38BC8D #4B38BC #BC3867

split-complementary

#A9BC38 #3867BC #8D38BC

monochromatic

#545E1C #7F8D2A #A9BC38 #C0D061 #D3DE90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#A9BC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC38

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC38	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)

#C9B222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d077',
    500: '#a9bc38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc38;
$custom-light: #c6d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75641,
    "c": 0.15377,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44687
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC38

secondary

#9087C9

accent

#4ADD60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC38

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

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