#A9BD37#A9BD37

#A9BD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.156 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD37
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.96, -24.22, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.96, 66.35, 111.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0723 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.156 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2502, 45.1064, 10.4631)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD37 #4B37BD

analogous

#BD8E37 #A9BD37 #66BD37

triadic

#A9BD37 #37A9BD #BD37A9

tetradic

#A9BD37 #37BD8E #4B37BD #BD3766

square

#A9BD37 #37BD8E #4B37BD #BD3766

split-complementary

#A9BD37 #3766BD #8E37BD

monochromatic

#545E1B #7F8E29 #A9BD37 #C0D160 #D3DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#A9BD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD37

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD37	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)

#CAB320

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.156 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d077',
    500: '#a9bd37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd37;
$custom-light: #c6d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.955,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75862,
    "c": 0.15555,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD37

secondary

#9086C9

accent

#4ADE60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD37

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

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