#A9BE25#A9BE25

#A9BE25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.166 H 117.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE25
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 37)
HSL	hsl(68, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(68, 81%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 80.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.15, -25.52, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.15, 72.34, 110.65°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0773 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.166 117.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1105, 45.3959, 8.6626)
Luminance	0.4540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE25 #3A25BE

analogous

#BE8625 #A9BE25 #5DBE25

triadic

#A9BE25 #25A9BE #BE25A9

tetradic

#A9BE25 #25BE86 #3A25BE #BE255D

square

#A9BE25 #25BE86 #3A25BE #BE255D

split-complementary

#A9BE25 #255DBE #8625BE

monochromatic

#4E5811 #7B8B1B #A9BE25 #C6DB45 #D6E579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#A9BE25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE25

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE25	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)

#CBB300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B3A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.166 117.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d16e',
    500: '#a9be25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be25;
$custom-light: #c7d16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.235,
    "s": 67.401,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75985,
    "c": 0.16626,
    "h": 117.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE25

secondary

#7F72CD

accent

#3EEA55

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE25

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

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