#A9CC40#A9CC40

#A9CC40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.167 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CC40
RGB	rgb(169, 204, 64)
HSL	hsl(75, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 68.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -30.88, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 69.94, 116.20°)
OKLab	oklab(79.36% -0.0899 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.36% 0.167 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.8809, 51.9908, 12.8364)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CC40 #6340CC

analogous

#CCA940 #A9CC40 #63CC40

triadic

#A9CC40 #40A9CC #CC40A9

tetradic

#A9CC40 #40CCA9 #6340CC #CC4063

square

#A9CC40 #40CCA9 #6340CC #CC4063

split-complementary

#A9CC40 #4063CC #A940CC

monochromatic

#5E731F #85A32C #A9CC40 #BFD970 #D4E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A9CC40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#A9CC40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CC40

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CC40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CC40	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cc40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 204, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.167 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6db7d',
    500: '#a9cc40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cc40;
$custom-light: #c6db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cc40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 57.851,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79355,
    "c": 0.16738,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CC40

secondary

#46347C

accent

#47E16D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CC40

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

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