#A9CE35#A9CE35

#A9CE35 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.176 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE35
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 53)
HSL	hsl(75, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 74.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -32.42, 67.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 74.55, 115.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.74% -0.095 0.1487)
OKLCH	oklch(79.74% 0.176 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0766, 52.8345, 11.5069)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE35 #5A35CE

analogous

#CEA635 #A9CE35 #5CCE35

triadic

#A9CE35 #35A9CE #CE35A9

tetradic

#A9CE35 #35CEA6 #5A35CE #CE355C

square

#A9CE35 #35CEA6 #5A35CE #CE355C

split-complementary

#A9CE35 #355CCE #A635CE

monochromatic

#5A6E1B #829F27 #A9CE35 #BEDA66 #D3E698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A9CE35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#A9CE35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE35

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE35	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC112

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.176 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd77',
    500: '#a9ce35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce35;
$custom-light: #c6dd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.51,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79739,
    "c": 0.17646,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE35

secondary

#413077

accent

#44E46B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF1

border

#D3D5CB

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE35

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

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