#A1CD42#A1CD42

#A1CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.171 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1CD42
RGB	rgb(161, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(79, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.5%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -34.36, 61.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 70.54, 119.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.0988 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.171 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5128, 51.6326, 13.1430)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1CD42 #6E42CD

analogous

#CDB442 #A1CD42 #5BCD42

triadic

#A1CD42 #42A1CD #CD42A1

tetradic

#A1CD42 #42CDB4 #6E42CD #CD425B

square

#A1CD42 #42CDB4 #6E42CD #CD425B

split-complementary

#A1CD42 #425BCD #B442CD

monochromatic

#5A761F #7FA62C #A1CD42 #B9DA72 #D1E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A1CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#A1CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1CD42

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1CD42	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.171 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0dc7e',
    500: '#a1cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1cd42;
$custom-light: #c0dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.993,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79054,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1CD42

secondary

#4C357E

accent

#46E177

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#82847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1CD42

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

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