#A9BE56#A9BE56

#A9BE56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.132 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE56
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 86)
HSL	hsl(72, 44%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(72, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 54.7%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -22.50, 49.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 54.22, 114.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.38% -0.0644 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(76.38% 0.132 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4558, 45.9340, 15.7479)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE56 #6B56BE

analogous

#BE9F56 #A9BE56 #75BE56

triadic

#A9BE56 #56A9BE #BE56A9

tetradic

#A9BE56 #56BE9F #6B56BE #BE5675

square

#A9BE56 #56BE9F #6B56BE #BE5675

split-complementary

#A9BE56 #5675BE #9F56BE

monochromatic

#616F2B #889B3C #A9BE56 #BFCF82 #D6E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A9BE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#A9BE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE56

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE56	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.132 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d189',
    500: '#a9be56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be56;
$custom-light: #c5d189;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.115,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76379,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE56

secondary

#ABA2CE

accent

#54D46E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE56

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

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