#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
RGBrgb(169, 193, 124)
HSLhsl(81, 36%, 62%)
HSVhsv(81, 36%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(12.4%, 0%, 35.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.84, -19.80, 32.11)
CIE-LCHlch(74.84, 37.72, 121.66°)
OKLaboklab(77.62% -0.054 0.0794)
OKLCHoklch(77.62% 0.096 124.2)
XYZxyz(39.0699, 48.0300, 26.2773)
Luminance0.4803 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##A9C17C1.001.9810.6110.61
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6121.001.001.00
##00000010.6121.001.001.00

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

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#A9C17C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva