#A9C461#A9C461

#A9C461 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.130 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C461
RGB	rgb(169, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(76, 46%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(76, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 50.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -24.41, 46.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 52.30, 117.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.87% -0.0688 0.1099)
OKLCH	oklch(77.87% 0.13 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.2600, 48.7779, 18.7064)
Luminance	0.4878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C461 #7C61C4

analogous

#C4AE61 #A9C461 #77C461

triadic

#A9C461 #61A9C4 #C461A9

tetradic

#A9C461 #61C4AE #7C61C4 #C46177

square

#A9C461 #61C4AE #7C61C4 #C46177

split-complementary

#A9C461 #6177C4 #AE61C4

monochromatic

#677C2E #8CA93F #A9C461 #C1D58E #DAE5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A9C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#A9C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C461

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C461	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEBA58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BCAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.130 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d690',
    500: '#a9c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c461;
$custom-light: #c4d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 45.622,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77872,
    "c": 0.12962,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C461

secondary

#B7ACD4

accent

#53D576

background

#FCFDF9

surface

#F8FAF1

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C461

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

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