#A9BE3C#A9BE3C

#A9BE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.153 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE3C
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 60)
HSL	hsl(70, 52%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 68%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 68.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -24.43, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 64.99, 112.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.13% -0.0724 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(76.13% 0.153 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.5920, 45.5885, 11.1986)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE3C #513CBE

analogous

#BE923C #A9BE3C #68BE3C

triadic

#A9BE3C #3CA9BE #BE3CA9

tetradic

#A9BE3C #3CBE92 #513CBE #BE3C68

square

#A9BE3C #3CBE92 #513CBE #BE3C68

split-complementary

#A9BE3C #3C68BE #923CBE

monochromatic

#56611F #808F2D #A9BE3C #BFCF68 #D2DE96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A9BE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#A9BE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE3C

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE3C	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.153 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d179',
    500: '#a9be3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be3c;
$custom-light: #c6d179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.692,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76126,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE3C

secondary

#968CCA

accent

#4CDB63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE3C

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

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