#A9BE38#A9BE38

#A9BE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.156 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE38
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 70.5%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -24.66, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 66.44, 111.78°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0734 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.156 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.4902, 45.5478, 10.6626)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE38 #4D38BE

analogous

#BE9038 #A9BE38 #66BE38

triadic

#A9BE38 #38A9BE #BE38A9

tetradic

#A9BE38 #38BE90 #4D38BE #BE3866

square

#A9BE38 #38BE90 #4D38BE #BE3866

split-complementary

#A9BE38 #3866BE #9038BE

monochromatic

#555F1C #7F8F2A #A9BE38 #C0D162 #D3DF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#A9BE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE38

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE38	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)

#CBB421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B543

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.156 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d177',
    500: '#a9be38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be38;
$custom-light: #c6d177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.403,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76096,
    "c": 0.15606,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE38

secondary

#9288CA

accent

#4ADE61

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE38

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

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