#A9CD3A#A9CD3A

#A9CD3A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.172 H 122.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD3A
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 58)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -31.70, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 72.48, 115.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.54% -0.0926 0.1454)
OKLCH	oklch(79.54% 0.172 122.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.9577, 52.4030, 12.0646)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD3A #5E3ACD

analogous

#CDA83A #A9CD3A #60CD3A

triadic

#A9CD3A #3AA9CD #CD3AA9

tetradic

#A9CD3A #3ACDA8 #5E3ACD #CD3A60

square

#A9CD3A #3ACDA8 #5E3ACD #CD3A60

split-complementary

#A9CD3A #3A60CD #A83ACD

monochromatic

#5C701C #84A129 #A9CD3A #BED96B #D4E69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#A9CD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD3A

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD3A	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.172 122.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc7a',
    500: '#a9cd3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd3a;
$custom-light: #c6dc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.694,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79541,
    "c": 0.17239,
    "h": 122.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD3A

secondary

#433279

accent

#45E36C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD3A

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

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