#A9BE39#A9BE39

#A9BE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.155 H 118.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE39
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 57)
HSL	hsl(69, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(69, 70%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 70%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -24.60, 61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 66.08, 111.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0731 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.155 118.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5149, 45.5577, 10.7927)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE39 #4E39BE

analogous

#BE9039 #A9BE39 #66BE39

triadic

#A9BE39 #39A9BE #BE39A9

tetradic

#A9BE39 #39BE90 #4E39BE #BE3966

square

#A9BE39 #39BE90 #4E39BE #BE3966

split-complementary

#A9BE39 #3966BE #9039BE

monochromatic

#55601D #7F8F2B #A9BE39 #BFD064 #D3DF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#A9BE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE39

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE39	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)

#CBB423

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.155 118.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d178',
    500: '#a9be39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be39;
$custom-light: #c6d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.474,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76103,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 118.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE39

secondary

#9389CA

accent

#4BDD62

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE39

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

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