#A9BE85#A9BE85

#A9BE85 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.081 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9BE85
RGB	rgb(169, 190, 133)
HSL	hsl(82, 30%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(82, 30%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 30%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.16, -17.05, 26.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.16, 31.50, 122.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% -0.046 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.081 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0088, 46.9552, 29.1939)
Luminance	0.4696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A9BE85 #9A85BE

analogous

#BEB685 #A9BE85 #8CBE85

triadic

#A9BE85 #85A9BE #BE85A9

tetradic

#A9BE85 #85BEB6 #9A85BE #BE858C

square

#A9BE85 #85BEB6 #9A85BE #BE858C

split-complementary

#A9BE85 #858CBE #B685BE

monochromatic

#6C8346 #8DA95D #A9BE85 #C5D3AD #E1E9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A9BE85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#A9BE85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9BE85

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9BE85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9BE85	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B781

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9be85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 190, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.081 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d1a9',
    500: '#a9be85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9be85;
$custom-light: #c3d1a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9be85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.105,
    "s": 30.481,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7712,
    "c": 0.08076,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9BE85

secondary

#CDC5DA

accent

#3CA964

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F4

border

#D1D2CE

text

#121410

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9BE85

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

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