#A9BD33#A9BD33

#A9BD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.158 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD33
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 51)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 73%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -24.43, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 67.73, 111.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0732 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.158 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.1581, 45.0696, 9.9785)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD33 #4733BD

analogous

#BD8C33 #A9BD33 #64BD33

triadic

#A9BD33 #33A9BD #BD33A9

tetradic

#A9BD33 #33BD8C #4733BD #BD3364

square

#A9BD33 #33BD8C #4733BD #BD3364

split-complementary

#A9BD33 #3364BD #8C33BD

monochromatic

#535D19 #7E8D26 #A9BD33 #C1D35B #D3E08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#A9BD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD33

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD33	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)

#CAB317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.158 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d075',
    500: '#a9bd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd33;
$custom-light: #c6d075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.696,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75834,
    "c": 0.158,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD33

secondary

#8C82CA

accent

#47E15D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD33

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

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