#A9BC4E#A9BC4E

#A9BC4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC4E
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 78)
HSL	hsl(70, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(70, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 58.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.86, -22.19, 52.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.86, 56.78, 113.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0644 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.137 118)
XYZ	xyz(35.7211, 44.9518, 14.0010)
Luminance	0.4495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC4E #614EBC

analogous

#BC984E #A9BC4E #72BC4E

triadic

#A9BC4E #4EA9BC #BC4EA9

tetradic

#A9BC4E #4EBC98 #614EBC #BC4E72

square

#A9BC4E #4EBC98 #614EBC #BC4E72

split-complementary

#A9BC4E #4E72BC #984EBC

monochromatic

#5D6827 #859538 #A9BC4E #BFCD7A #D4DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BC4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#A9BC4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC4E

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC4E	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d084',
    500: '#a9bc4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc4e;
$custom-light: #c5d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75838,
    "c": 0.13699,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.44952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC4E

secondary

#A39BCB

accent

#53D569

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC4E

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

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