#A9BC46#A9BC46

#A9BC46 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.144 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC46
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 70)
HSL	hsl(70, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 63%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 62.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.79, -22.79, 55.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.79, 60.16, 112.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0669 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.144 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4515, 44.8440, 12.5813)
Luminance	0.4484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC46 #5946BC

analogous

#BC9446 #A9BC46 #6EBC46

triadic

#A9BC46 #46A9BC #BC46A9

tetradic

#A9BC46 #46BC94 #5946BC #BC466E

square

#A9BC46 #46BC94 #5946BC #BC466E

split-complementary

#A9BC46 #466EBC #9446BC

monochromatic

#596424 #829034 #A9BC46 #BECC73 #D3DDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#A9BC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC46

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC46	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.144 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d07f',
    500: '#a9bc46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc46;
$custom-light: #c5d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.661,
    "s": 46.825,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75758,
    "c": 0.14366,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC46

secondary

#9D95C9

accent

#51D667

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC46

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

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