#A9BD28#A9BD28

#A9BD28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.164 H 117.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD28
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 40)
HSL	hsl(68, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 78.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.88, -24.92, 66.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.88, 71.12, 110.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0754 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.164 117.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.9437, 44.9838, 8.8490)
Luminance	0.4498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD28 #3C28BD

analogous

#BD8728 #A9BD28 #5EBD28

triadic

#A9BD28 #28A9BD #BD28A9

tetradic

#A9BD28 #28BD87 #3C28BD #BD285E

square

#A9BD28 #28BD87 #3C28BD #BD285E

split-complementary

#A9BD28 #285EBD #8728BD

monochromatic

#4F5813 #7C8A1D #A9BD28 #C5D94A #D5E37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#A9BD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD28

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD28	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.164 117.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d070',
    500: '#a9bd28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd28;
$custom-light: #c6d070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.054,
    "s": 65.066,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75771,
    "c": 0.16381,
    "h": 117.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD28

secondary

#8175CB

accent

#40E856

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD28

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

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