#A9C53B#A9C53B

#A9C53B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.162 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9C53B
RGBrgb(169, 197, 59)
HSLhsl(72, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(72, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(14.2%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.25, -27.86, 62.58)
CIE-LCHlch(75.25, 68.50, 114.00°)
OKLaboklab(77.71% -0.082 0.1401)
OKLCHoklch(77.71% 0.162 120.3)
XYZxyz(37.1185, 48.6834, 11.5782)
Luminance0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C53B #573BC5
analogous
#C59C3B #A9C53B #64C53B
triadic
#A9C53B #3BA9C5 #C53BA9
tetradic
#A9C53B #3BC59C #573BC5 #C53B64
square
#A9C53B #3BC59C #573BC5 #C53B64
split-complementary
#A9C53B #3B64C5 #9C3BC5
monochromatic
#58671F #81962C #A9C53B #BED36A #D2E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#A9C53B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74
#A9C53B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C53B
10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C53B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C53B1.001.9610.7410.74
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7421.001.001.00
##00000010.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA24
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBA46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2BBAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.162 120.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d679',
    500: '#a9c53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c53b;
$custom-light: #c6d679;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.174,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77714,
    "c": 0.16232,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C53B
secondary
#9C8FCD
accent
#4ADE68
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#13140A
muted
#82837C

Preview Lab

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#A9C53B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva