#A9BD42#A9BD42

#A9BD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.148 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD42
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 65.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -23.56, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 62.23, 112.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0694 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.148 118)
XYZ	xyz(35.5438, 45.2239, 12.0098)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD42 #5642BD

analogous

#BD9342 #A9BD42 #6CBD42

triadic

#A9BD42 #42A9BD #BD42A9

tetradic

#A9BD42 #42BD93 #5642BD #BD426C

square

#A9BD42 #42BD93 #5642BD #BD426C

split-complementary

#A9BD42 #426CBD #9342BD

monochromatic

#586222 #809032 #A9BD42 #BECD6F #D2DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A9BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#A9BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD42

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD42	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.148 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d07d',
    500: '#a9bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd42;
$custom-light: #c5d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.756,
    "s": 48.235,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.14794,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.45224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD42

secondary

#9B92C9

accent

#50D866

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD42

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

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