#A9BD22#A9BD22
#A9BD22 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.166 H 117.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9BD22 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 189, 34) |
| HSL | hsl(68, 70%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(68, 82%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 82%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.86, -25.13, 68.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.86, 72.70, 110.23°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.74% -0.0764 0.1478) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.74% 0.166 117.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(34.8494, 44.9461, 8.3527) |
| Luminance | 0.4495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 1.41
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 1.65
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.10
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 2.38
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 2.69
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9BD22 #3622BD
analogous
#BD8322 #A9BD22 #5BBD22
triadic
#A9BD22 #22A9BD #BD22A9
tetradic
#A9BD22 #22BD83 #3622BD #BD225B
square
#A9BD22 #22BD83 #3622BD #BD225B
split-complementary
#A9BD22 #225BBD #8322BD
monochromatic
#4C550F #7B8919 #A9BD22 #C8DD40 #D7E673
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#A9BD22 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#A9BD22 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9BD22
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9BD22 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9BD22 | 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)
#C8B433
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B4B2A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9bd22; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 34); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.166 117.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7d06d',
500: '#a9bd22',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9bd22; $custom-light: #c7d06d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9bd22",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 189,
"b": 34
},
"hsl": {
"h": 67.742,
"s": 69.507,
"l": 43.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75743,
"c": 0.16644,
"h": 117.3
},
"luminance": 0.44946
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9BD22
secondary
#7A6ECD
accent
#3BEC52
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F9F9ED
border
#D2D2C8
text
#141408
muted
#82827B