#A9BD39#A9BD39

#A9BD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.154 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD39
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 69.8%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -24.11, 61.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 65.64, 111.55°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% -0.0718 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.154 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2991, 45.1260, 10.7207)
Luminance	0.4513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD39 #4D39BD

analogous

#BD8F39 #A9BD39 #67BD39

triadic

#A9BD39 #39A9BD #BD39A9

tetradic

#A9BD39 #39BD8F #4D39BD #BD3967

square

#A9BD39 #39BD8F #4D39BD #BD3967

split-complementary

#A9BD39 #3967BD #8F39BD

monochromatic

#555F1D #7F8E2B #A9BD39 #C0D063 #D3DE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A9BD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#A9BD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD39

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD39	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.154 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d078',
    500: '#a9bd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd39;
$custom-light: #c6d078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75876,
    "c": 0.15426,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD39

secondary

#9289C9

accent

#4BDD61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD39

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

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