#A9BE2D#A9BE2D

#A9BE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.162 H 117.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE2D
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 45)
HSL	hsl(69, 62%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 76%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 76.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -25.20, 65.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 70.07, 111.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0758 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.162 117.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.2501, 45.4518, 9.3982)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE2D #422DBE

analogous

#BE8A2D #A9BE2D #60BE2D

triadic

#A9BE2D #2DA9BE #BE2DA9

tetradic

#A9BE2D #2DBE8A #422DBE #BE2D60

square

#A9BE2D #2DBE8A #422DBE #BE2D60

split-complementary

#A9BE2D #2D60BE #8A2DBE

monochromatic

#515B16 #7D8D21 #A9BE2D #C3D652 #D4E284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#A9BE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE2D

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE2D	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB304

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.162 117.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d172',
    500: '#a9be2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be2d;
$custom-light: #c6d172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.69,
    "s": 61.702,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76026,
    "c": 0.16245,
    "h": 117.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE2D

secondary

#877CCB

accent

#43E55A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE2D

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

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