#A9CE37#A9CE37

#A9CE37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.175 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE37
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 55)
HSL	hsl(75, 61%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(75, 73%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 73.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -32.32, 66.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 73.92, 115.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0946 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.175 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.1236, 52.8533, 11.7543)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE37 #5C37CE

analogous

#CEA737 #A9CE37 #5DCE37

triadic

#A9CE37 #37A9CE #CE37A9

tetradic

#A9CE37 #37CEA7 #5C37CE #CE375D

square

#A9CE37 #37CEA7 #5C37CE #CE375D

split-complementary

#A9CE37 #375DCE #A737CE

monochromatic

#5B6F1B #83A027 #A9CE37 #BEDA68 #D3E699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#A9CE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE37

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE37	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	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)

#DAC118

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.175 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd78',
    500: '#a9ce37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce37;
$custom-light: #c6dd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.702,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79751,
    "c": 0.17534,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE37

secondary

#423179

accent

#44E46B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE37

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

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