#A9CC97#A9CC97

#A9CC97 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.082 H 135.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CC97
RGB	rgb(169, 204, 151)
HSL	hsl(100, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(100, 26%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 26%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.38, -21.36, 22.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.38, 31.16, 133.28°)
OKLab	oklab(80.6% -0.0579 0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(80.6% 0.082 135.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.5398, 53.8543, 37.3732)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CC97 #BA97CC

analogous

#C4CC97 #A9CC97 #97CCA0

triadic

#A9CC97 #97A9CC #CC97A9

tetradic

#A9CC97 #97C4CC #BA97CC #CCA097

square

#A9CC97 #97C4CC #BA97CC #CCA097

split-complementary

#A9CC97 #A097CC #CC97C4

monochromatic

#689C4D #87B86E #A9CC97 #CBE0C0 #EDF4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#A9CC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#A9CC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CC97

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CC97	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C494

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBC19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 204, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.082 135.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3dbb6',
    500: '#a9cc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cc97;
$custom-light: #c3dbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 99.623,
    "s": 34.194,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80598,
    "c": 0.0816,
    "h": 135.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CC97

secondary

#8D66A1

accent

#38AD85

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF8

border

#D2D4D1

text

#121511

muted

#828481

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CC97

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

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