#A9BC56#A9BC56

#A9BC56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.130 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BC56
RGB	rgb(169, 188, 86)
HSL	hsl(71, 43%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(71, 54%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.1%, 0%, 54.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.94, -21.51, 48.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.94, 53.22, 113.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0617 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.13 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0256, 45.0736, 15.6045)
Luminance	0.4507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BC56 #6956BC

analogous

#BC9C56 #A9BC56 #76BC56

triadic

#A9BC56 #56A9BC #BC56A9

tetradic

#A9BC56 #56BC9C #6956BC #BC5676

square

#A9BC56 #56BC9C #6956BC #BC5676

split-complementary

#A9BC56 #5676BC #9C56BC

monochromatic

#606D2B #87983C #A9BC56 #BFCD82 #D6DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#A9BC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#A9BC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BC56

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BC56	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B3A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 188, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.130 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d089',
    500: '#a9bc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bc56;
$custom-light: #c5d089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.176,
    "s": 43.22,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75928,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BC56

secondary

#A9A1CD

accent

#55D36C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BC56

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

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