#A9CD40#A9CD40

#A9CD40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.169 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD40
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 64)
HSL	hsl(75, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.56, -31.35, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.56, 70.41, 116.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0912 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.169 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1194, 52.4677, 12.9159)
Luminance	0.5247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD40 #6440CD

analogous

#CDAA40 #A9CD40 #63CD40

triadic

#A9CD40 #40A9CD #CD40A9

tetradic

#A9CD40 #40CDAA #6440CD #CD4063

square

#A9CD40 #40CDAA #6440CD #CD4063

split-complementary

#A9CD40 #4063CD #AA40CD

monochromatic

#5E741E #86A52B #A9CD40 #BFDA71 #D5E6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#A9CD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD40

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD40	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)

#D9C12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.169 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc7d',
    500: '#a9cd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd40;
$custom-light: #c6dc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.319,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79584,
    "c": 0.16859,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD40

secondary

#47347D

accent

#46E26E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD40

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

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