#A9BE49#A9BE49

#A9BE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.144 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE49
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 73)
HSL	hsl(71, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 61.6%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.38, -23.56, 55.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.38, 59.86, 113.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% -0.0687 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.144 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.9788, 45.7432, 13.2360)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE49 #5E49BE

analogous

#BE9949 #A9BE49 #6FBE49

triadic

#A9BE49 #49A9BE #BE49A9

tetradic

#A9BE49 #49BE99 #5E49BE #BE496F

square

#A9BE49 #49BE99 #5E49BE #BE496F

split-complementary

#A9BE49 #496FBE #9949BE

monochromatic

#5C6825 #849535 #A9BE49 #BECE76 #D4DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#A9BE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE49

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE49	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.144 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d181',
    500: '#a9be49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be49;
$custom-light: #c5d181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.769,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76239,
    "c": 0.14368,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE49

secondary

#A198CB

accent

#51D769

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE49

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

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