#A9BE35#A9BE35

#A9BE35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.158 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE35
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 53)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 72.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -24.82, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 67.49, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0741 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.158 118)
XYZ	xyz(35.4190, 45.5193, 10.2877)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE35 #4A35BE

analogous

#BE8E35 #A9BE35 #64BE35

triadic

#A9BE35 #35A9BE #BE35A9

tetradic

#A9BE35 #35BE8E #4A35BE #BE3564

square

#A9BE35 #35BE8E #4A35BE #BE3564

split-complementary

#A9BE35 #3564BE #8E35BE

monochromatic

#545E1A #7E8E28 #A9BE35 #C0D25E #D3DF8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#A9BE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE35

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE35	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)

#CBB41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B3A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.158 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d176',
    500: '#a9be35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be35;
$custom-light: #c6d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.197,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76075,
    "c": 0.15793,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.45519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE35

secondary

#8F85CA

accent

#48E05F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE35

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

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