#A9BE50#A9BE50

#A9BE50 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE50
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 80)
HSL	hsl(71, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 57.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.44, -23.02, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.44, 56.88, 113.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0665 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.138 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2241, 45.8413, 14.5278)
Luminance	0.4584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE50 #6550BE

analogous

#BE9C50 #A9BE50 #72BE50

triadic

#A9BE50 #50A9BE #BE50A9

tetradic

#A9BE50 #50BE9C #6550BE #BE5072

square

#A9BE50 #50BE9C #6550BE #BE5072

split-complementary

#A9BE50 #5072BE #9C50BE

monochromatic

#5F6C28 #869839 #A9BE50 #BFCF7D #D5DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A9BE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#A9BE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE50

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE50	1.00	2.07	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d185',
    500: '#a9be50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be50;
$custom-light: #c5d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.455,
    "s": 45.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76311,
    "c": 0.13774,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE50

secondary

#A69DCD

accent

#52D56B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE50

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

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