#A9CD56#A9CD56

#A9CD56 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.152 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD56
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(78, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(78, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -29.75, 54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 61.79, 118.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0847 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.152 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8734, 52.7693, 16.8871)
Luminance	0.5277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD56 #7A56CD

analogous

#CDB556 #A9CD56 #6ECD56

triadic

#A9CD56 #56A9CD #CD56A9

tetradic

#A9CD56 #56CDB5 #7A56CD #CD566E

square

#A9CD56 #56CDB5 #7A56CD #CD566E

split-complementary

#A9CD56 #566ECD #B556CD

monochromatic

#668226 #8CB134 #A9CD56 #C1DB85 #D9E9B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A9CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#A9CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD56

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD56	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)

#D8C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.152 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc8a',
    500: '#a9cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd56;
$custom-light: #c5dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.151,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79786,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD56

secondary

#553E89

accent

#4ADE77

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD56

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

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