#A9BD38#A9BD38

#A9BD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.155 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD38
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -24.17, 61.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 66.00, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.072 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.155 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2744, 45.1161, 10.5906)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD38 #4C38BD

analogous

#BD8F38 #A9BD38 #66BD38

triadic

#A9BD38 #38A9BD #BD38A9

tetradic

#A9BD38 #38BD8F #4C38BD #BD3866

square

#A9BD38 #38BD8F #4C38BD #BD3866

split-complementary

#A9BD38 #3866BD #8F38BD

monochromatic

#555F1C #7F8E2A #A9BD38 #C0D062 #D3DE91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#A9BD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD38

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD38	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)

#CAB321

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.155 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d077',
    500: '#a9bd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd38;
$custom-light: #c6d077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.023,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75869,
    "c": 0.15491,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD38

secondary

#9187C9

accent

#4ADE60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD38

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

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