#A9CD55#A9CD55

#A9CD55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.153 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD55
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 85)
HSL	hsl(78, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(78, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -29.83, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 62.21, 118.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.085 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.153 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8334, 52.7533, 16.6764)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD55 #7955CD

analogous

#CDB555 #A9CD55 #6DCD55

triadic

#A9CD55 #55A9CD #CD55A9

tetradic

#A9CD55 #55CDB5 #7955CD #CD556D

square

#A9CD55 #55CDB5 #7955CD #CD556D

split-complementary

#A9CD55 #556DCD #B555CD

monochromatic

#668226 #8BB134 #A9CD55 #C1DB84 #D9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A9CD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#A9CD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD55

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD55	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.153 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc89',
    500: '#a9cd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd55;
$custom-light: #c5dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79775,
    "c": 0.15262,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD55

secondary

#543D89

accent

#4ADE76

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD55

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

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