#A9CD3E#A9CD3E

#A9CD3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.170 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD3E
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 62)
HSL	hsl(75, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, -31.47, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 71.11, 116.27°)
OKLab	oklab(79.57% -0.0917 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.57% 0.17 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.0635, 52.4453, 12.6215)
Luminance	0.5244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD3E #623ECD

analogous

#CDAA3E #A9CD3E #61CD3E

triadic

#A9CD3E #3EA9CD #CD3EA9

tetradic

#A9CD3E #3ECDAA #623ECD #CD3E61

square

#A9CD3E #3ECDAA #623ECD #CD3E61

split-complementary

#A9CD3E #3E61CD #AA3ECD

monochromatic

#5D731E #85A32A #A9CD3E #BFDA6F #D4E69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#A9CD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD3E

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD3E	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.170 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc7c',
    500: '#a9cd3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd3e;
$custom-light: #c6dc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.105,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79569,
    "c": 0.1699,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD3E

secondary

#46347C

accent

#46E26D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD3E

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

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