#A9BC3C#A9BC3C
#A9BC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.151 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9BC3C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 188, 60) |
| HSL | hsl(69, 52%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(69, 68%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 68.1%, 26.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.71, -23.45, 59.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.71, 64.09, 111.46°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.67% -0.0697 0.1341) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.67% 0.151 117.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.1618, 44.7281, 11.0552) |
| Luminance | 0.4473 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.30
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.56
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 3.00
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.20
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.54
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9BC3C #4F3CBC
analogous
#BC8F3C #A9BC3C #69BC3C
triadic
#A9BC3C #3CA9BC #BC3CA9
tetradic
#A9BC3C #3CBC8F #4F3CBC #BC3C69
square
#A9BC3C #3CBC8F #4F3CBC #BC3C69
split-complementary
#A9BC3C #3C69BC #8F3CBC
monochromatic
#565F1E #7F8E2D #A9BC3C #BFCE67 #D3DD95
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#A9BC3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.95
#A9BC3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9BC3C
9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9BC3C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9BC3C | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.95 | 9.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B229
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B346
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3B2A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9bc3c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 60); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.151 117.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6d079',
500: '#a9bc3c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9bc3c; $custom-light: #c6d079; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9bc3c",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 188,
"b": 60
},
"hsl": {
"h": 68.906,
"s": 51.613,
"l": 48.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75672,
"c": 0.15109,
"h": 117.5
},
"luminance": 0.44728
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9BC3C
secondary
#948BC9
accent
#4DDB62
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9EE
border
#D1D2C9
text
#13130A
muted
#82827C