#A9C53A#A9C53A

#A9C53A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.163 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9C53A
RGBrgb(169, 197, 58)
HSLhsl(72, 55%, 50%)
HSVhsv(72, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(14.2%, 0%, 70.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.25, -27.92, 62.94)
CIE-LCHlch(75.25, 68.86, 113.92°)
OKLaboklab(77.71% -0.0822 0.1407)
OKLCHoklch(77.71% 0.163 120.3)
XYZxyz(37.0928, 48.6731, 11.4429)
Luminance0.4867 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C53A #563AC5
analogous
#C59B3A #A9C53A #64C53A
triadic
#A9C53A #3AA9C5 #C53AA9
tetradic
#A9C53A #3AC59B #563AC5 #C53A64
square
#A9C53A #3AC59B #563AC5 #C53A64
split-complementary
#A9C53A #3A64C5 #9B3AC5
monochromatic
#58661E #80962C #A9C53A #BED369 #D2E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#A9C53A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73
#A9C53A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C53A
10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C53A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C53A1.001.9610.7310.73
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7321.001.001.00
##00000010.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA22
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBA45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2BBAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.163 120.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d679',
    500: '#a9c53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c53a;
$custom-light: #c6d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.086,
    "s": 54.51,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77707,
    "c": 0.16295,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C53A
secondary
#9B8ECD
accent
#4ADE68
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#13140A
muted
#82837C

Preview Lab

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#A9C53A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva