#A9BE44#A9BE44

#A9BE44 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.148 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE44
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 68)
HSL	hsl(70, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 64.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.34, -23.92, 57.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.34, 61.90, 112.73°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0702 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.148 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8197, 45.6796, 12.3978)
Luminance	0.4568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE44 #5944BE

analogous

#BE9644 #A9BE44 #6CBE44

triadic

#A9BE44 #44A9BE #BE44A9

tetradic

#A9BE44 #44BE96 #5944BE #BE446C

square

#A9BE44 #44BE96 #5944BE #BE446C

split-complementary

#A9BE44 #446CBE #9644BE

monochromatic

#596523 #829233 #A9BE44 #BECE71 #D3DE9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#A9BE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE44

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE44	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB434

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.148 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d17e',
    500: '#a9be44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be44;
$custom-light: #c5d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.328,
    "s": 48.413,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76193,
    "c": 0.14763,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE44

secondary

#9D94CA

accent

#50D867

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE44

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

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