#A9C17B#A9C17B

#A9C17B is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.097 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C17B
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 123)
HSL	hsl(81, 36%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 36%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 36.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -19.93, 32.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 38.22, 121.44°)
OKLab	oklab(77.6% -0.0544 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(77.6% 0.097 124)
XYZ	xyz(39.0070, 48.0049, 25.9459)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C17B #937BC1

analogous

#C1B67B #A9C17B #86C17B

triadic

#A9C17B #7BA9C1 #C17BA9

tetradic

#A9C17B #7BC1B6 #937BC1 #C17B86

square

#A9C17B #7BC1B6 #937BC1 #C17B86

split-complementary

#A9C17B #7B86C1 #B67BC1

monochromatic

#6C843E #8EAD51 #A9C17B #C4D5A5 #DFE8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A9C17B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#A9C17B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C17B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C17B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C17B	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B87E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c17b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.097 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d3a2',
    500: '#a9c17b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c17b;
$custom-light: #c3d3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c17b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.571,
    "s": 36.082,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77599,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.48005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C17B

secondary

#C8BFD9

accent

#37AF60

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F3

border

#D1D2CD

text

#12140F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C17B

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

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