#A9BC40#A9BC40

#A9BC40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.148 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC40
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 64)
HSL	hsl(69, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(69, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 66%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -23.20, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 62.56, 111.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0686 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.148 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2715, 44.7720, 11.6332)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC40 #5340BC

analogous

#BC9140 #A9BC40 #6BBC40

triadic

#A9BC40 #40A9BC #BC40A9

tetradic

#A9BC40 #40BC91 #5340BC #BC406B

square

#A9BC40 #40BC91 #5340BC #BC406B

split-complementary

#A9BC40 #406BBC #9140BC

monochromatic

#576121 #808E30 #A9BC40 #BECD6C #D2DD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#A9BC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC40

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC40	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)

#C8B22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.148 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d07b',
    500: '#a9bc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc40;
$custom-light: #c5d07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.194,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75704,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC40

secondary

#988FC9

accent

#4FD964

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC40

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

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