#A9BE37#A9BE37

#A9BE37 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	#A9BE37
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 55)
HSL	hsl(69, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 71.1%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -24.71, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 66.79, 111.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% -0.0736 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.157 118)
XYZ	xyz(35.4660, 45.5381, 10.5351)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE37 #4C37BE

analogous

#BE8F37 #A9BE37 #66BE37

triadic

#A9BE37 #37A9BE #BE37A9

tetradic

#A9BE37 #37BE8F #4C37BE #BE3766

square

#A9BE37 #37BE8F #4C37BE #BE3766

split-complementary

#A9BE37 #3766BE #8F37BE

monochromatic

#555F1C #7F8F29 #A9BE37 #C0D161 #D3DF90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#A9BE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE37

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE37	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)

#CBB41F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.157 118.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d177',
    500: '#a9be37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be37;
$custom-light: #c6d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.333,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76089,
    "c": 0.1567,
    "h": 118
  },
  "luminance": 0.45538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE37

secondary

#9187CA

accent

#49DE61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE37

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

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