#A9C17C#A9C17C

#A9C17C is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.096 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C17C
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 124)
HSL	hsl(81, 36%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(81, 36%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 35.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -19.80, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 37.72, 121.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.054 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.096 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.0699, 48.0300, 26.2773)
Luminance	0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C17C #947CC1

analogous

#C1B77C #A9C17C #87C17C

triadic

#A9C17C #7CA9C1 #C17CA9

tetradic

#A9C17C #7CC1B7 #947CC1 #C17C87

square

#A9C17C #7CC1B7 #947CC1 #C17C87

split-complementary

#A9C17C #7C87C1 #B77CC1

monochromatic

#6C843F #8EAD52 #A9C17C #C4D5A6 #E0E8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A9C17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#A9C17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C17C

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C17C	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B977

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B87F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEBBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.096 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d3a2',
    500: '#a9c17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c17c;
$custom-light: #c3d3a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.87,
    "s": 35.751,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77616,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C17C

secondary

#C9C0D9

accent

#37AF61

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F9F3

border

#D1D2CD

text

#12140F

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C17C

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

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