#A9BE33#A9BE33

#A9BE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.159 H 117.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE33
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 51)
HSL	hsl(69, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(69, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 73.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, -24.92, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 68.16, 111.44°)
OKLab	oklab(76.06% -0.0746 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(76.06% 0.159 117.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.3740, 45.5013, 10.0504)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE33 #4833BE

analogous

#BE8E33 #A9BE33 #63BE33

triadic

#A9BE33 #33A9BE #BE33A9

tetradic

#A9BE33 #33BE8E #4833BE #BE3363

square

#A9BE33 #33BE8E #4833BE #BE3363

split-complementary

#A9BE33 #3363BE #8E33BE

monochromatic

#535E19 #7E8E26 #A9BE33 #C1D35B #D3E08B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#A9BE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE33

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE33	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)

#CBB317

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.159 117.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d175',
    500: '#a9be33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be33;
$custom-light: #c6d175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.065,
    "s": 57.676,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76062,
    "c": 0.15913,
    "h": 117.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE33

secondary

#8D83CA

accent

#47E15E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE33

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

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