#A9BE79#A9BE79

#A9BE79 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.095 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE79
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 121)
HSL	hsl(78, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(78, 36%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 36.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -18.69, 32.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 37.50, 119.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.051 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.095 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2266, 46.6424, 25.0745)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE79 #8E79BE

analogous

#BEB079 #A9BE79 #86BE79

triadic

#A9BE79 #79A9BE #BE79A9

tetradic

#A9BE79 #79BEB0 #8E79BE #BE7986

square

#A9BE79 #79BEB0 #8E79BE #BE7986

split-complementary

#A9BE79 #7986BE #B079BE

monochromatic

#6B7F3E #8EA852 #A9BE79 #C3D2A2 #DEE6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A9BE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#A9BE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE79

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE79	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B674

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B67C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEB7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.095 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d1a0',
    500: '#a9be79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be79;
$custom-light: #c3d1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.261,
    "s": 34.673,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76894,
    "c": 0.0951,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE79

secondary

#C4BCD6

accent

#38AE5C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F9F2

border

#D1D2CC

text

#12140F

muted

#81827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE79

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →