#A9CB50#A9CB50

#A9CB50 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.154 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CB50
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(77, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(77, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 60.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.12, -29.29, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.12, 63.28, 117.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.27% -0.084 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(79.27% 0.154 123)
XYZ	xyz(39.1664, 51.7259, 15.5086)
Luminance	0.5173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CB50 #7250CB

analogous

#CBAF50 #A9CB50 #6CCB50

triadic

#A9CB50 #50A9CB #CB50A9

tetradic

#A9CB50 #50CBAF #7250CB #CB506C

square

#A9CB50 #50CBAF #7250CB #CB506C

split-complementary

#A9CB50 #506CCB #AF50CB

monochromatic

#647C25 #8AAB33 #A9CB50 #C0D97F #D7E7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A9CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#A9CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CB50

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CB50	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C2B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.154 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5db86',
    500: '#a9cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cb50;
$custom-light: #c5db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.585,
    "s": 54.185,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79267,
    "c": 0.15423,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.51726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CB50

secondary

#4F3B84

accent

#4ADE73

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#13150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CB50

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

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