#A9BE31#A9BE31

#A9BE31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.160 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE31
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 49)
HSL	hsl(69, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 74.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -25.02, 64.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 68.82, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% -0.075 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.16 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3308, 45.4840, 9.8232)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE31 #4631BE

analogous

#BE8D31 #A9BE31 #63BE31

triadic

#A9BE31 #31A9BE #BE31A9

tetradic

#A9BE31 #31BE8D #4631BE #BE3163

square

#A9BE31 #31BE8D #4631BE #BE3163

split-complementary

#A9BE31 #3163BE #8D31BE

monochromatic

#525D18 #7E8D24 #A9BE31 #C2D458 #D3E189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#A9BE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE31

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE31	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.160 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d174',
    500: '#a9be31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be31;
$custom-light: #c6d174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.936,
    "s": 58.996,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76049,
    "c": 0.16028,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE31

secondary

#8B80CA

accent

#46E25D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE31

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

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