#A9BD4E#A9BD4E

#A9BD4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.138 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BD4E
RGB	rgb(169, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(71, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.6%, 0%, 58.7%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.14, -22.68, 52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.14, 57.26, 113.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0657 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.138 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9355, 45.3805, 14.0725)
Luminance	0.4538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BD4E #624EBD

analogous

#BD9A4E #A9BD4E #71BD4E

triadic

#A9BD4E #4EA9BD #BD4EA9

tetradic

#A9BD4E #4EBD9A #624EBD #BD4E71

square

#A9BD4E #4EBD9A #624EBD #BD4E71

split-complementary

#A9BD4E #4E71BD #9A4EBD

monochromatic

#5D6927 #859638 #A9BD4E #BFCE7B #D4DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#A9BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BD4E

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BD4E	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.138 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d084',
    500: '#a9bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9bd4e;
$custom-light: #c5d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.811,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76064,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BD4E

secondary

#A49BCC

accent

#52D56A

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BD4E

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

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