#A9BD2B#A9BD2B

#A9BD2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.162 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD2B
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 43)
HSL	hsl(68, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 77.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -24.80, 65.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 70.26, 110.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0749 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.162 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.9967, 45.0050, 9.1283)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD2B #3F2BBD

analogous

#BD882B #A9BD2B #60BD2B

triadic

#A9BD2B #2BA9BD #BD2BA9

tetradic

#A9BD2B #2BBD88 #3F2BBD #BD2B60

square

#A9BD2B #2BBD88 #3F2BBD #BD2B60

split-complementary

#A9BD2B #2B60BD #882BBD

monochromatic

#505914 #7C8B20 #A9BD2B #C4D74E #D5E280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#A9BD2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD2B

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD2B	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)

#C8B439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.162 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d071',
    500: '#a9bd2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd2b;
$custom-light: #c6d071;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.219,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75787,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD2B

secondary

#8479CB

accent

#42E658

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD2B

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