#A9BD21#A9BD21

#A9BD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.167 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD21
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 33)
HSL	hsl(68, 70%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(68, 83%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 82.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, -25.17, 68.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 72.95, 110.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.0766 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.167 117.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8352, 44.9404, 8.2778)
Luminance	0.4494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD21 #3521BD

analogous

#BD8321 #A9BD21 #5BBD21

triadic

#A9BD21 #21A9BD #BD21A9

tetradic

#A9BD21 #21BD83 #3521BD #BD215B

square

#A9BD21 #21BD83 #3521BD #BD215B

split-complementary

#A9BD21 #215BBD #8321BD

monochromatic

#4C550F #7A8918 #A9BD21 #C9DD3E #D7E672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#A9BD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD21

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD21	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.167 117.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d06d',
    500: '#a9bd21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd21;
$custom-light: #c7d06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.692,
    "s": 70.27,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75739,
    "c": 0.16683,
    "h": 117.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD21

secondary

#796DCD

accent

#3BED52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD21

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

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