#A9BD2E#A9BD2E

#A9BD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.161 H 117.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD2E
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(68, 61%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(68, 76%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 75.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.91, -24.67, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.91, 69.35, 110.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0743 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.161 117.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.0538, 45.0279, 9.4289)
Luminance	0.4503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD2E #422EBD

analogous

#BD892E #A9BD2E #61BD2E

triadic

#A9BD2E #2EA9BD #BD2EA9

tetradic

#A9BD2E #2EBD89 #422EBD #BD2E61

square

#A9BD2E #2EBD89 #422EBD #BD2E61

split-complementary

#A9BD2E #2E61BD #892EBD

monochromatic

#515B16 #7D8C22 #A9BD2E #C3D553 #D4E184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#A9BD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD2E

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD2E	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB309

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.161 117.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d072',
    500: '#a9bd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd2e;
$custom-light: #c6d072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.392,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.16081,
    "h": 117.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD2E

secondary

#877CCA

accent

#44E45A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD2E

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