#A9C256#A9C256

#A9C256 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.137 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C256
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(74, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(74, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, -24.47, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 56.23, 115.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.07 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.137 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3341, 47.6906, 16.0407)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C256 #6F56C2

analogous

#C2A556 #A9C256 #73C256

triadic

#A9C256 #56A9C2 #C256A9

tetradic

#A9C256 #56C2A5 #6F56C2 #C25673

square

#A9C256 #56C2A5 #6F56C2 #C25673

split-complementary

#A9C256 #5673C2 #A556C2

monochromatic

#63742A #89A13A #A9C256 #C0D283 #D7E2B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A9C256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#A9C256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C256

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C256	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.137 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d489',
    500: '#a9c256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c256;
$custom-light: #c5d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.889,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77284,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C256

secondary

#AEA3D1

accent

#51D770

background

#FCFDF8

surface

#F8FAF0

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C256

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

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