#A9CD36#A9CD36

#A9CD36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.175 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD36
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 54)
HSL	hsl(74, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, -31.91, 66.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 73.79, 115.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0936 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.175 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.8599, 52.3639, 11.5493)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD36 #5A36CD

analogous

#CDA636 #A9CD36 #5DCD36

triadic

#A9CD36 #36A9CD #CD36A9

tetradic

#A9CD36 #36CDA6 #5A36CD #CD365D

square

#A9CD36 #36CDA6 #5A36CD #CD365D

split-complementary

#A9CD36 #365DCD #A636CD

monochromatic

#5A6D1B #829E27 #A9CD36 #BED967 #D3E598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#A9CD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD36

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD36	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)

#D9C016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.175 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc78',
    500: '#a9cd36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd36;
$custom-light: #c6dc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.305,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79515,
    "c": 0.17474,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD36

secondary

#413077

accent

#44E36A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF1

border

#D3D5CB

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD36

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

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