#A9BD43#A9BD43
#A9BD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.147 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9BD43 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 189, 67) |
| HSL | hsl(70, 48%, 50%) |
| HSV | hsv(70, 65%, 74%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 64.6%, 25.9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.05, -23.49, 57.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.05, 61.84, 112.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.96% -0.0691 0.13) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.96% 0.147 118) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.5736, 45.2358, 12.1665) |
| Luminance | 0.4523 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.59
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.86
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.07
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.65
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 3.92
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 4.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9BD43 #5743BD
analogous
#BD9443 #A9BD43 #6CBD43
triadic
#A9BD43 #43A9BD #BD43A9
tetradic
#A9BD43 #43BD94 #5743BD #BD436C
square
#A9BD43 #43BD94 #5743BD #BD436C
split-complementary
#A9BD43 #436CBD #9443BD
monochromatic
#586323 #819033 #A9BD43 #BECD70 #D2DD9E
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.09
#A9BD43 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.05
#A9BD43 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9BD43
10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9BD43 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9BD43 | 1.00 | 2.09 | 10.05 | 10.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.09 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B333
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B44C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3B3A4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9bd43; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 67); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.147 118.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5d07d',
500: '#a9bd43',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9bd43; $custom-light: #c5d07d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9bd43",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 189,
"b": 67
},
"hsl": {
"h": 69.836,
"s": 48.031,
"l": 50.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75957,
"c": 0.14719,
"h": 118
},
"luminance": 0.45235
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9BD43
secondary
#9C93C9
accent
#50D866
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9EE
border
#D1D2C9
text
#13140A
muted
#82827C