#A9CD51#A9CD51

#A9CD51 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.156 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9CD51
RGBrgb(169, 205, 81)
HSLhsl(77, 55%, 56%)
HSVhsv(77, 60%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(17.6%, 0%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(77.69, -30.16, 56.30)
CIE-LCHlch(77.69, 63.87, 118.18°)
OKLaboklab(79.73% -0.0863 0.1299)
OKLCHoklch(79.73% 0.156 123.6)
XYZxyz(39.6790, 52.6915, 15.8631)
Luminance0.5269 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9CD51 #7551CD
analogous
#CDB351 #A9CD51 #6BCD51
triadic
#A9CD51 #51A9CD #CD51A9
tetradic
#A9CD51 #51CDB3 #7551CD #CD516B
square
#A9CD51 #51CDB3 #7551CD #CD516B
split-complementary
#A9CD51 #516BCD #B351CD
monochromatic
#657F25 #8AAF32 #A9CD51 #C0DB81 #D8E8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82
#A9CD51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54
#A9CD51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD51
11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9CD51#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9CD511.001.8211.5411.54
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5421.001.001.00
##00000011.5421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C143
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3C05A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0C4B3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9cd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.156 123.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc87',
    500: '#a9cd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9cd51;
$custom-light: #c5dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9cd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.419,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79734,
    "c": 0.15596,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9CD51
secondary
#513B87
accent
#49DF75
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FCF3
border
#D2D5CD
text
#13150C
muted
#82847F

Preview Lab

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#A9CD51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva