#A9CC36#A9CC36

#A9CC36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.174 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CC36
RGB	rgb(169, 204, 54)
HSL	hsl(74, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 73.5%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -31.44, 66.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 73.34, 115.39°)
OKLab	oklab(79.29% -0.0923 0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(79.29% 0.174 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.6215, 51.8870, 11.4698)
Luminance	0.5189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CC36 #5936CC

analogous

#CCA436 #A9CC36 #5ECC36

triadic

#A9CC36 #36A9CC #CC36A9

tetradic

#A9CC36 #36CCA4 #5936CC #CC365E

square

#A9CC36 #36CCA4 #5936CC #CC365E

split-complementary

#A9CC36 #365ECC #A436CC

monochromatic

#596C1B #829D28 #A9CC36 #BED867 #D3E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A9CC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#A9CC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CC36

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CC36	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cc36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 204, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.174 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6db78',
    500: '#a9cc36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cc36;
$custom-light: #c6db78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cc36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79285,
    "c": 0.17356,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CC36

secondary

#413076

accent

#45E36A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CC36

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

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