#A9CD49#A9CD49

#A9CD49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.162 H 123.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD49
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(76, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(76, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.63, -30.76, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.63, 67.05, 117.30°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.0887 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.162 123.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3965, 52.5785, 14.3752)
Luminance	0.5258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD49 #6D49CD

analogous

#CDAF49 #A9CD49 #67CD49

triadic

#A9CD49 #49A9CD #CD49A9

tetradic

#A9CD49 #49CDAF #6D49CD #CD4967

square

#A9CD49 #49CDAF #6D49CD #CD4967

split-complementary

#A9CD49 #4967CD #AF49CD

monochromatic

#627A22 #88AA2F #A9CD49 #C0DA79 #D6E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A9CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.52

#A9CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD49

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD49	1.00	1.82	11.52	11.52
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C3B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.162 123.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc82',
    500: '#a9cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd49;
$custom-light: #c6dc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79659,
    "c": 0.16223,
    "h": 123.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD49

secondary

#4C3882

accent

#48E071

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD49

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

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