#A9BC3A#A9BC3A

#A9BC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.152 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC3A
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 58)
HSL	hsl(69, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 69%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 69.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.70, -23.57, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.70, 64.83, 111.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0702 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.152 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1099, 44.7073, 10.7820)
Luminance	0.4471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC3A #4D3ABC

analogous

#BC8E3A #A9BC3A #68BC3A

triadic

#A9BC3A #3AA9BC #BC3AA9

tetradic

#A9BC3A #3ABC8E #4D3ABC #BC3A68

square

#A9BC3A #3ABC8E #4D3ABC #BC3A68

split-complementary

#A9BC3A #3A68BC #8E3ABC

monochromatic

#555E1D #7F8D2C #A9BC3A #C0CF64 #D3DE93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#A9BC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC3A

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC3A	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)

#C9B225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.152 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d078',
    500: '#a9bc3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc3a;
$custom-light: #c6d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.769,
    "s": 52.846,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75656,
    "c": 0.15244,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC3A

secondary

#9289C9

accent

#4CDC61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC3A

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

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