#A9CE36#A9CE36

#A9CE36 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	#A9CE36
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 54)
HSL	hsl(75, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 74%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -32.37, 66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 74.23, 115.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0948 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.176 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.0999, 52.8438, 11.6293)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE36 #5B36CE

analogous

#CEA736 #A9CE36 #5DCE36

triadic

#A9CE36 #36A9CE #CE36A9

tetradic

#A9CE36 #36CEA7 #5B36CE #CE365D

square

#A9CE36 #36CEA7 #5B36CE #CE365D

split-complementary

#A9CE36 #365DCE #A736CE

monochromatic

#5A6F1B #82A027 #A9CE36 #BEDA67 #D3E698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#A9CE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#A9CE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE36

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE36	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)

#DAC115

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.176 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd78',
    500: '#a9ce36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce36;
$custom-light: #c6dd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.605,
    "s": 60.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79745,
    "c": 0.17591,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE36

secondary

#423078

accent

#44E46B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF1

border

#D3D5CB

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE36

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

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