#A9C149#A9C149

#A9C149 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.147 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C149
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 73)
HSL	hsl(72, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(72, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 62.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, -25.02, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 61.29, 114.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0728 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.147 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6353, 47.0562, 13.4548)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C149 #6149C1

analogous

#C19D49 #A9C149 #6DC149

triadic

#A9C149 #49A9C1 #C149A9

tetradic

#A9C149 #49C19D #6149C1 #C1496D

square

#A9C149 #49C19D #6149C1 #C1496D

split-complementary

#A9C149 #496DC1 #9D49C1

monochromatic

#5D6B24 #859934 #A9C149 #BFD177 #D4E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A9C149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#A9C149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C149

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C149	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB751

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B7A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.147 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d381',
    500: '#a9c149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c149;
$custom-light: #c5d381;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 49.18,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7692,
    "c": 0.14736,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C149

secondary

#A399CD

accent

#4FD96B

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13140B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C149

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

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