#A9CD42#A9CD42

#A9CD42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.167 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD42
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.57, -31.23, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.57, 69.68, 116.62°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0907 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.167 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1773, 52.4908, 13.2210)
Luminance	0.5249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD42 #6642CD

analogous

#CDAC42 #A9CD42 #63CD42

triadic

#A9CD42 #42A9CD #CD42A9

tetradic

#A9CD42 #42CDAC #6642CD #CD4263

square

#A9CD42 #42CDAC #6642CD #CD4263

split-complementary

#A9CD42 #4263CD #AC42CD

monochromatic

#5F761F #86A62C #A9CD42 #BFDA72 #D5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#A9CD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD42

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD42	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.167 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc7e',
    500: '#a9cd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd42;
$custom-light: #c6dc7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.54,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.796,
    "c": 0.16724,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD42

secondary

#48357E

accent

#46E16F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD42

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

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