#A9CD35#A9CD35

#A9CD35 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.175 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD35
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 53)
HSL	hsl(74, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -31.96, 66.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 74.10, 115.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% -0.0938 0.1481)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.175 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8367, 52.3546, 11.4269)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD35 #5935CD

analogous

#CDA535 #A9CD35 #5DCD35

triadic

#A9CD35 #35A9CD #CD35A9

tetradic

#A9CD35 #35CDA5 #5935CD #CD355D

square

#A9CD35 #35CDA5 #5935CD #CD355D

split-complementary

#A9CD35 #355DCD #A535CD

monochromatic

#596D1B #829E27 #A9CD35 #BED966 #D3E597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#A9CD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD35

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD35	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)

#D9C013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.175 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc77',
    500: '#a9cd35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd35;
$custom-light: #c6dc77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.211,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79509,
    "c": 0.17529,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD35

secondary

#413076

accent

#44E36A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF1

border

#D3D5CB

text

#131509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD35

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

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