#A9BE4E#A9BE4E

#A9BE4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.139 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE4E
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(71, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -23.18, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 57.74, 113.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0671 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.139 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.1513, 45.8122, 14.1444)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE4E #634EBE

analogous

#BE9B4E #A9BE4E #71BE4E

triadic

#A9BE4E #4EA9BE #BE4EA9

tetradic

#A9BE4E #4EBE9B #634EBE #BE4E71

square

#A9BE4E #4EBE9B #634EBE #BE4E71

split-complementary

#A9BE4E #4E71BE #9B4EBE

monochromatic

#5E6A27 #859738 #A9BE4E #BFCE7B #D4DFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#A9BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE4E

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE4E	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.139 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d184',
    500: '#a9be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be4e;
$custom-light: #c5d184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.25,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7629,
    "c": 0.13949,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE4E

secondary

#A59CCC

accent

#52D66B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE4E

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

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