#A9BE52#A9BE52

#A9BE52 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.136 H 118.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE52
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 82)
HSL	hsl(72, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(72, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 56.8%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -22.85, 51.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 56.00, 114.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0658 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.136 118.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.2991, 45.8713, 14.9228)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE52 #6752BE

analogous

#BE9D52 #A9BE52 #73BE52

triadic

#A9BE52 #52A9BE #BE52A9

tetradic

#A9BE52 #52BE9D #6752BE #BE5273

square

#A9BE52 #52BE9D #6752BE #BE5273

split-complementary

#A9BE52 #5273BE #9D52BE

monochromatic

#606D29 #87993A #A9BE52 #BFCF7E #D5DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A9BE52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#A9BE52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE52

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE52	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	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)

#C9B447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.136 118.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d186',
    500: '#a9be52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be52;
$custom-light: #c5d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.667,
    "s": 45.378,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76333,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 118.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE52

secondary

#A89FCD

accent

#53D56C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE52

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

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