#A9BE40#A9BE40

#A9BE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.151 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE40
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 64)
HSL	hsl(70, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 66.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.31, -24.18, 58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.31, 63.47, 112.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.16% -0.0713 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(76.16% 0.151 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7017, 45.6324, 11.7766)
Luminance	0.4563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE40 #5540BE

analogous

#BE9440 #A9BE40 #6ABE40

triadic

#A9BE40 #40A9BE #BE40A9

tetradic

#A9BE40 #40BE94 #5540BE #BE406A

square

#A9BE40 #40BE94 #5540BE #BE406A

split-complementary

#A9BE40 #406ABE #9440BE

monochromatic

#586221 #809031 #A9BE40 #BECE6D #D2DD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#A9BE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE40

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE40	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB42E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.151 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d17c',
    500: '#a9be40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be40;
$custom-light: #c5d17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70,
    "s": 49.606,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76158,
    "c": 0.1506,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE40

secondary

#9A90C9

accent

#4FD966

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE40

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

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