#A9BE42#A9BE42

#A9BE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.149 H 118.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE42
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(70, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(70, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -24.05, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 62.69, 112.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% -0.0708 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.149 118.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.7597, 45.6556, 12.0818)
Luminance	0.4566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE42 #5742BE

analogous

#BE9542 #A9BE42 #6BBE42

triadic

#A9BE42 #42A9BE #BE42A9

tetradic

#A9BE42 #42BE95 #5742BE #BE426B

square

#A9BE42 #42BE95 #5742BE #BE426B

split-complementary

#A9BE42 #426BBE #9542BE

monochromatic

#586322 #819132 #A9BE42 #BECE70 #D2DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#A9BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE42

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE42	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)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.149 118.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d17d',
    500: '#a9be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be42;
$custom-light: #c5d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.161,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76175,
    "c": 0.14914,
    "h": 118.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE42

secondary

#9C92CA

accent

#4FD867

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE42

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

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