#A9BC42#A9BC42

#A9BC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.147 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC42
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 66)
HSL	hsl(69, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(69, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 64.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -23.07, 57.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 61.77, 111.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.068 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.147 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.3295, 44.7952, 11.9384)
Luminance	0.4480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC42 #5542BC

analogous

#BC9242 #A9BC42 #6CBC42

triadic

#A9BC42 #42A9BC #BC42A9

tetradic

#A9BC42 #42BC92 #5542BC #BC426C

square

#A9BC42 #42BC92 #5542BC #BC426C

split-complementary

#A9BC42 #426CBC #9242BC

monochromatic

#586122 #808F32 #A9BC42 #BECC6F #D2DC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#A9BC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC42

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC42	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.147 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d07c',
    500: '#a9bc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc42;
$custom-light: #c5d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.344,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75722,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC42

secondary

#9A91C9

accent

#50D865

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC42

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

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