#A9BD2A#A9BD2A

#A9BD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.163 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD2A
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 42)
HSL	hsl(68, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 77.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.89, -24.84, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.89, 70.55, 110.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0751 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.163 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9786, 44.9978, 9.0328)
Luminance	0.4500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD2A #3E2ABD

analogous

#BD872A #A9BD2A #60BD2A

triadic

#A9BD2A #2AA9BD #BD2AA9

tetradic

#A9BD2A #2ABD87 #3E2ABD #BD2A60

square

#A9BD2A #2ABD87 #3E2ABD #BD2A60

split-complementary

#A9BD2A #2A60BD #872ABD

monochromatic

#4F5914 #7C8B1F #A9BD2A #C5D74D #D5E37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#A9BD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD2A

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD2A	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)

#C8B438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.163 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d070',
    500: '#a9bd2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd2a;
$custom-light: #c6d070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.163,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75781,
    "c": 0.16286,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD2A

secondary

#8378CB

accent

#41E758

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD2A

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

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