#A9C53D#A9C53D

#A9C53D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.161 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9C53D
RGBrgb(169, 197, 61)
HSLhsl(72, 54%, 51%)
HSVhsv(72, 69%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(14.2%, 0%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.27, -27.75, 61.85)
CIE-LCHlch(75.27, 67.79, 114.16°)
OKLaboklab(77.73% -0.0815 0.1389)
OKLCHoklch(77.73% 0.161 120.4)
XYZxyz(37.1714, 48.7045, 11.8567)
Luminance0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C53D #593DC5
analogous
#C59D3D #A9C53D #65C53D
triadic
#A9C53D #3DA9C5 #C53DA9
tetradic
#A9C53D #3DC59D #593DC5 #C53D65
square
#A9C53D #3DC59D #593DC5 #C53D65
split-complementary
#A9C53D #3D65C5 #9D3DC5
monochromatic
#59681F #82982D #A9C53D #BED36C #D3E19B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#A9C53D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74
#A9C53D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C53D
10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C53D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C53D1.001.9610.7410.74
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7421.001.001.00
##00000010.7421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA27
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBA48
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2BBAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.161 120.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d67b',
    500: '#a9c53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c53d;
$custom-light: #c6d67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.353,
    "s": 53.968,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77729,
    "c": 0.161,
    "h": 120.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C53D
secondary
#9D91CD
accent
#4ADD69
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#13140A
muted
#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C53D

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#A9C53D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva