#A9BD31#A9BD31

#A9BD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.159 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD31
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -24.53, 63.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 68.39, 111.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0736 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.159 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1150, 45.0523, 9.7513)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD31 #4531BD

analogous

#BD8B31 #A9BD31 #63BD31

triadic

#A9BD31 #31A9BD #BD31A9

tetradic

#A9BD31 #31BD8B #4531BD #BD3163

square

#A9BD31 #31BD8B #4531BD #BD3163

split-complementary

#A9BD31 #3163BD #8B31BD

monochromatic

#525C18 #7E8C24 #A9BD31 #C2D458 #D4E088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#A9BD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD31

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD31	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)

#CAB313

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.159 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d074',
    500: '#a9bd31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd31;
$custom-light: #c6d074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.571,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75822,
    "c": 0.15916,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD31

secondary

#8A80CA

accent

#46E25C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD31

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

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