#A9BD35#A9BD35

#A9BD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.157 H 117.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD35
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 53)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 72%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -24.33, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 67.05, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0727 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.157 117.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2032, 45.0876, 10.2157)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD35 #4935BD

analogous

#BD8D35 #A9BD35 #65BD35

triadic

#A9BD35 #35A9BD #BD35A9

tetradic

#A9BD35 #35BD8D #4935BD #BD3565

square

#A9BD35 #35BD8D #4935BD #BD3565

split-complementary

#A9BD35 #3565BD #8D35BD

monochromatic

#545D1A #7E8D28 #A9BD35 #C1D25D #D3DF8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#A9BD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD35

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD35	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.157 117.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d076',
    500: '#a9bd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd35;
$custom-light: #c6d076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.824,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75848,
    "c": 0.1568,
    "h": 117.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD35

secondary

#8E84CA

accent

#48DF5F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD35

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

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