#A9BE53#A9BE53

#A9BE53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.135 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE53
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 83)
HSL	hsl(72, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(72, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 56.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -22.76, 50.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 55.56, 114.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0655 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.135 119)
XYZ	xyz(36.3374, 45.8867, 15.1247)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE53 #6853BE

analogous

#BE9D53 #A9BE53 #73BE53

triadic

#A9BE53 #53A9BE #BE53A9

tetradic

#A9BE53 #53BE9D #6853BE #BE5373

square

#A9BE53 #53BE9D #6853BE #BE5373

split-complementary

#A9BE53 #5373BE #9D53BE

monochromatic

#606D29 #879A3A #A9BE53 #BFCF7F #D5E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A9BE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#A9BE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE53

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE53	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.135 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d187',
    500: '#a9be53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be53;
$custom-light: #c5d187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.776,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76344,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.45886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE53

secondary

#A89FCD

accent

#53D56C

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE53

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

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