#A9BE3E#A9BE3E

#A9BE3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.152 H 118.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE3E
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 62)
HSL	hsl(70, 51%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 67.4%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -24.31, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 64.24, 112.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% -0.0718 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.152 118.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.6458, 45.6100, 11.4823)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE3E #533EBE

analogous

#BE933E #A9BE3E #69BE3E

triadic

#A9BE3E #3EA9BE #BE3EA9

tetradic

#A9BE3E #3EBE93 #533EBE #BE3E69

square

#A9BE3E #3EBE93 #533EBE #BE3E69

split-complementary

#A9BE3E #3E69BE #933EBE

monochromatic

#576220 #80902F #A9BE3E #BECF6B #D2DE99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#A9BE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE3E

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE3E	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#CAB42B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.152 118.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d17a',
    500: '#a9be3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be3e;
$custom-light: #c6d17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.844,
    "s": 50.794,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76142,
    "c": 0.15203,
    "h": 118.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE3E

secondary

#988EC9

accent

#4EDA65

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE3E

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

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