#A9BE45#A9BE45

#A9BE45 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.147 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE45
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 69)
HSL	hsl(70, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(70, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 63.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -23.85, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 61.50, 112.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0699 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.147 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.8505, 45.6919, 12.5599)
Luminance	0.4569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE45 #5A45BE

analogous

#BE9645 #A9BE45 #6CBE45

triadic

#A9BE45 #45A9BE #BE45A9

tetradic

#A9BE45 #45BE96 #5A45BE #BE456C

square

#A9BE45 #45BE96 #5A45BE #BE456C

split-complementary

#A9BE45 #456CBE #9645BE

monochromatic

#5A6523 #829333 #A9BE45 #BECE72 #D3DEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#A9BE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE45

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE45	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)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.147 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d17e',
    500: '#a9be45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be45;
$custom-light: #c5d17e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.413,
    "s": 48.207,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76202,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE45

secondary

#9E95CA

accent

#50D868

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE45

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

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