#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
RGB	rgb(169, 197, 61)
HSL	hsl(72, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 69%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -27.75, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 67.79, 114.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.73% -0.0815 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(77.73% 0.161 120.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.1714, 48.7045, 11.8567)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9C53D	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)

#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

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

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