#A9CD53#A9CD53

#A9CD53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.154 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD53
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 83)
HSL	hsl(78, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(78, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.71, -30.00, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.71, 63.05, 118.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0857 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.154 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.7551, 52.7220, 16.2639)
Luminance	0.5272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD53 #7753CD

analogous

#CDB453 #A9CD53 #6CCD53

triadic

#A9CD53 #53A9CD #CD53A9

tetradic

#A9CD53 #53CDB4 #7753CD #CD536C

square

#A9CD53 #53CDB4 #7753CD #CD536C

split-complementary

#A9CD53 #536CCD #B453CD

monochromatic

#658025 #8BB033 #A9CD53 #C1DB82 #D8E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A9CD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#A9CD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD53

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD53	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.154 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc88',
    500: '#a9cd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd53;
$custom-light: #c5dc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.705,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79754,
    "c": 0.1543,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD53

secondary

#533C88

accent

#4ADE75

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD53

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

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