#A9C463#A9C463

#A9C463 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.128 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C463
RGB	rgb(169, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(77, 45%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(77, 49%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 49.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -24.21, 45.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 51.38, 118.11°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.0681 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.128 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3544, 48.8157, 19.2037)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C463 #7E63C4

analogous

#C4AE63 #A9C463 #78C463

triadic

#A9C463 #63A9C4 #C463A9

tetradic

#A9C463 #63C4AE #7E63C4 #C46378

square

#A9C463 #63C4AE #7E63C4 #C46378

split-complementary

#A9C463 #6378C4 #AE63C4

monochromatic

#687D2F #8CAA40 #A9C463 #C1D58F #DAE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#A9C463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#A9C463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C463

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C463	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)

#CEBA5A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.128 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d692',
    500: '#a9c463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c463;
$custom-light: #c4d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.701,
    "s": 45.116,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77898,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C463

secondary

#B9AED5

accent

#53D577

background

#FCFDF9

surface

#F8FAF1

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C463

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

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