#A9CD59#A9CD59

#A9CD59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.149 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD59
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(79, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -29.49, 52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 60.52, 119.16°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0837 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.149 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.9968, 52.8187, 17.5371)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD59 #7D59CD

analogous

#CDB759 #A9CD59 #6FCD59

triadic

#A9CD59 #59A9CD #CD59A9

tetradic

#A9CD59 #59CDB7 #7D59CD #CD596F

square

#A9CD59 #59CDB7 #7D59CD #CD596F

split-complementary

#A9CD59 #596FCD #B759CD

monochromatic

#678428 #8CB336 #A9CD59 #C1DB88 #DAE9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A9CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#A9CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD59

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD59	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.149 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc8c',
    500: '#a9cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd59;
$custom-light: #c5dc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.621,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79819,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD59

secondary

#573F8B

accent

#4BDD78

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD59

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

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