#A9BC48#A9BC48

#A9BC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.142 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC48
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 72)
HSL	hsl(70, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 61.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -22.65, 54.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 59.33, 112.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0662 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.142 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.5157, 44.8697, 12.9194)
Luminance	0.4487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC48 #5B48BC

analogous

#BC9548 #A9BC48 #6FBC48

triadic

#A9BC48 #48A9BC #BC48A9

tetradic

#A9BC48 #48BC95 #5B48BC #BC486F

square

#A9BC48 #48BC95 #5B48BC #BC486F

split-complementary

#A9BC48 #486FBC #9548BC

monochromatic

#5A6525 #829235 #A9BC48 #BECC75 #D3DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#A9BC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#A9BC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC48

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC48	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)

#C8B23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.142 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d080',
    500: '#a9bc48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc48;
$custom-light: #c5d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.828,
    "s": 46.4,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75777,
    "c": 0.14205,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC48

secondary

#9F96CA

accent

#52D667

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13130A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC48

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

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