#A9BE47#A9BE47

#A9BE47 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.145 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE47
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 71)
HSL	hsl(71, 48%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 62.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.36, -23.71, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.36, 60.68, 112.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.0693 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.145 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9136, 45.7171, 12.8924)
Luminance	0.4572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE47 #5C47BE

analogous

#BE9747 #A9BE47 #6DBE47

triadic

#A9BE47 #47A9BE #BE47A9

tetradic

#A9BE47 #47BE97 #5C47BE #BE476D

square

#A9BE47 #47BE97 #5C47BE #BE476D

split-complementary

#A9BE47 #476DBE #9747BE

monochromatic

#5B6624 #839434 #A9BE47 #BECE74 #D3DEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#A9BE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE47

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE47	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)

#CAB438

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.145 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d180',
    500: '#a9be47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be47;
$custom-light: #c5d180;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.588,
    "s": 47.791,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7622,
    "c": 0.14528,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE47

secondary

#9F96CB

accent

#50D768

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE47

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

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