#A9BC3D#A9BC3D

#A9BC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.150 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC3D
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 61)
HSL	hsl(69, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 68%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 67.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -23.39, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 63.71, 111.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.68% -0.0694 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.68% 0.15 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1885, 44.7387, 11.1957)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC3D #503DBC

analogous

#BC903D #A9BC3D #6ABC3D

triadic

#A9BC3D #3DA9BC #BC3DA9

tetradic

#A9BC3D #3DBC90 #503DBC #BC3D6A

square

#A9BC3D #3DBC90 #503DBC #BC3D6A

split-complementary

#A9BC3D #3D6ABC #903DBC

monochromatic

#56601F #7F8E2E #A9BC3D #BFCE68 #D2DD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#A9BC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC3D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC3D	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)

#C8B22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.150 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d07a',
    500: '#a9bc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc3d;
$custom-light: #c6d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.976,
    "s": 51.004,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7568,
    "c": 0.15039,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC3D

secondary

#958CC9

accent

#4DDA62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC3D

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

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