#A9C255#A9C255

#A9C255 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.138 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C255
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(74, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -24.55, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 56.67, 115.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0703 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.138 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2940, 47.6746, 15.8300)
Luminance	0.4767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C255 #6E55C2

analogous

#C2A455 #A9C255 #73C255

triadic

#A9C255 #55A9C2 #C255A9

tetradic

#A9C255 #55C2A4 #6E55C2 #C25573

square

#A9C255 #55C2A4 #6E55C2 #C25573

split-complementary

#A9C255 #5573C2 #A455C2

monochromatic

#627329 #89A03A #A9C255 #C0D282 #D7E2AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A9C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#A9C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C255

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C255	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.138 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d488',
    500: '#a9c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c255;
$custom-light: #c5d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.761,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77272,
    "c": 0.13837,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C255

secondary

#ADA2D0

accent

#51D770

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C255

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

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