#A9CD3C#A9CD3C

#A9CD3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.171 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD3C
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 60)
HSL	hsl(75, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.53, -31.59, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.53, 71.80, 116.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% -0.0922 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.171 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0096, 52.4238, 12.3378)
Luminance	0.5242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD3C #603CCD

analogous

#CDA93C #A9CD3C #60CD3C

triadic

#A9CD3C #3CA9CD #CD3CA9

tetradic

#A9CD3C #3CCDA9 #603CCD #CD3C60

square

#A9CD3C #3CCDA9 #603CCD #CD3C60

split-complementary

#A9CD3C #3C60CD #A93CCD

monochromatic

#5D711D #84A22A #A9CD3C #BED96D #D4E69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#A9CD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD3C

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD3C	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)

#D9C023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.171 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc7b',
    500: '#a9cd3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd3c;
$custom-light: #c6dc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.897,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79555,
    "c": 0.17117,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD3C

secondary

#45337A

accent

#45E26C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD3C

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

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