#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
RGB	rgb(169, 197, 59)
HSL	hsl(72, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 70.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -27.86, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 68.50, 114.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.082 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.162 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1185, 48.6834, 11.5782)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9C53B	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A9C53B

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

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