#A9BE36#A9BE36

#A9BE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.157 H 118.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE36
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 54)
HSL	hsl(69, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 71.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -24.76, 62.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 67.14, 111.64°)
OKLab	oklab(76.08% -0.0739 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(76.08% 0.157 118)
XYZ	xyz(35.4423, 45.5286, 10.4101)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE36 #4B36BE

analogous

#BE8F36 #A9BE36 #65BE36

triadic

#A9BE36 #36A9BE #BE36A9

tetradic

#A9BE36 #36BE8F #4B36BE #BE3665

square

#A9BE36 #36BE8F #4B36BE #BE3665

split-complementary

#A9BE36 #3665BE #8F36BE

monochromatic

#545F1B #7F8E28 #A9BE36 #C0D260 #D3DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#A9BE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE36

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE36	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB41D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.157 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d176',
    500: '#a9be36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be36;
$custom-light: #c6d176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.265,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76082,
    "c": 0.15732,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.45528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE36

secondary

#9086CA

accent

#49DF60

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE36

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

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