#A9CD5D#A9CD5D

#A9CD5D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.146 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD5D
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(79, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(79, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -29.13, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 58.79, 119.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.86% -0.0824 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(79.86% 0.146 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.1694, 52.8877, 18.4459)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD5D #815DCD

analogous

#CDB95D #A9CD5D #71CD5D

triadic

#A9CD5D #5DA9CD #CD5DA9

tetradic

#A9CD5D #5DCDB9 #815DCD #CD5D71

square

#A9CD5D #5DCDB9 #815DCD #CD5D71

split-complementary

#A9CD5D #5D71CD #B95DCD

monochromatic

#688629 #8DB538 #A9CD5D #C2DB8C #DBEABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#A9CD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD5D

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD5D	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C4B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.146 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dc8e',
    500: '#a9cd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd5d;
$custom-light: #c5dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.286,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79865,
    "c": 0.14553,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD5D

secondary

#59418D

accent

#4CDC7A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD5D

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

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