#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
RGBrgb(169, 206, 54)
HSLhsl(75, 61%, 51%)
HSVhsv(75, 74%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 0%, 73.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.78, -32.37, 66.80)
CIE-LCHlch(77.78, 74.23, 115.86°)
OKLaboklab(79.75% -0.0948 0.1482)
OKLCHoklch(79.75% 0.176 122.6)
XYZxyz(39.0999, 52.8438, 11.6293)
Luminance0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

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
##A9CE361.001.8211.5711.57
#FFFFFF1.821.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5721.001.001.00
##00000011.5721.001.001.00

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

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#A9CE36 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva