#A9CC3B#A9CC3B

#A9CC3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.171 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CC3B
RGB	rgb(169, 204, 59)
HSL	hsl(74, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 71.1%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -31.17, 64.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 71.69, 115.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% -0.0911 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.171 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7450, 51.9364, 12.1204)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CC3B #5E3BCC

analogous

#CCA73B #A9CC3B #61CC3B

triadic

#A9CC3B #3BA9CC #CC3BA9

tetradic

#A9CC3B #3BCCA7 #5E3BCC #CC3B61

square

#A9CC3B #3BCCA7 #5E3BCC #CC3B61

split-complementary

#A9CC3B #3B61CC #A73BCC

monochromatic

#5C701D #84A02A #A9CC3B #BED96C #D4E59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A9CC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#A9CC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CC3B

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CC3B	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cc3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 204, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.171 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6db7a',
    500: '#a9cc3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cc3b;
$custom-light: #c6db7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cc3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.483,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79318,
    "c": 0.1706,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CC3B

secondary

#433279

accent

#46E26C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CC3B

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

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