#A9CD33#A9CD33

#A9CD33 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.176 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD33
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 51)
HSL	hsl(74, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -32.06, 67.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 74.72, 115.40°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% -0.0942 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.176 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.7916, 52.3366, 11.1897)
Luminance	0.5234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD33 #5733CD

analogous

#CDA433 #A9CD33 #5CCD33

triadic

#A9CD33 #33A9CD #CD33A9

tetradic

#A9CD33 #33CDA4 #5733CD #CD335C

square

#A9CD33 #33CDA4 #5733CD #CD335C

split-complementary

#A9CD33 #335CCD #A433CD

monochromatic

#586B1A #819C26 #A9CD33 #BED964 #D2E595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#A9CD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD33

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD33	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C00D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.176 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc76',
    500: '#a9cd33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd33;
$custom-light: #c6dc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.026,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79496,
    "c": 0.17638,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD33

secondary

#402F75

accent

#44E469

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF1

border

#D3D5CB

text

#131509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD33

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

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