#A9BD23#A9BD23

#A9BD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.166 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD23
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 35)
HSL	hsl(68, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 81.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -25.10, 67.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 72.45, 110.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0763 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.166 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8641, 44.9520, 8.4298)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD23 #3723BD

analogous

#BD8423 #A9BD23 #5CBD23

triadic

#A9BD23 #23A9BD #BD23A9

tetradic

#A9BD23 #23BD84 #3723BD #BD235C

square

#A9BD23 #23BD84 #3723BD #BD235C

split-complementary

#A9BD23 #235CBD #8423BD

monochromatic

#4D5610 #7B8919 #A9BD23 #C8DC41 #D7E575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#A9BD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD23

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD23	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: #a9bd23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.166 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d06e',
    500: '#a9bd23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd23;
$custom-light: #c7d06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 67.792,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75747,
    "c": 0.16603,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD23

secondary

#7B6FCD

accent

#3CEC53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD23

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

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