#A9BC3E#A9BC3E

#A9BC3E 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	#A9BC3E
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 62)
HSL	hsl(69, 50%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 67%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 67%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.73, -23.33, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.73, 63.33, 111.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0691 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.15 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.2156, 44.7496, 11.3389)
Luminance	0.4475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC3E #513EBC

analogous

#BC903E #A9BC3E #6ABC3E

triadic

#A9BC3E #3EA9BC #BC3EA9

tetradic

#A9BC3E #3EBC90 #513EBC #BC3E6A

square

#A9BC3E #3EBC90 #513EBC #BC3E6A

split-complementary

#A9BC3E #3E6ABC #903EBC

monochromatic

#566020 #808E2F #A9BC3E #BFCE6A #D2DD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#A9BC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC3E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC3E	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)

#C8B22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.150 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d07a',
    500: '#a9bc3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc3e;
$custom-light: #c6d07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.048,
    "s": 50.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75688,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC3E

secondary

#968DC9

accent

#4EDA63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC3E

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

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