#A9CE39#A9CE39

#A9CE39 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.174 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9CE39
RGBrgb(169, 206, 57)
HSLhsl(75, 60%, 52%)
HSVhsv(75, 72%, 81%)
CMYKcmyk(18%, 0%, 72.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LABlab(77.80, -32.22, 65.80)
CIE-LCHlch(77.80, 73.27, 116.09°)
OKLaboklab(79.76% -0.0942 0.1465)
OKLCHoklch(79.76% 0.174 122.7)
XYZxyz(39.1725, 52.8729, 12.0119)
Luminance0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9CE39 #5E39CE
analogous
#CEA839 #A9CE39 #5FCE39
triadic
#A9CE39 #39A9CE #CE39A9
tetradic
#A9CE39 #39CEA8 #5E39CE #CE395F
square
#A9CE39 #39CEA8 #5E39CE #CE395F
split-complementary
#A9CE39 #395FCE #A839CE
monochromatic
#5C711C #84A228 #A9CE39 #BEDA6A #D4E69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81
#A9CE39 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57
#A9CE39 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE39
11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9CE39#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9CE391.001.8111.5711.57
#FFFFFF1.811.0021.0021.00
#00000011.5721.001.001.00
##00000011.5721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC11C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D5C046
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2C4B1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9ce39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.174 122.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd79',
    500: '#a9ce39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9ce39;
$custom-light: #c6dd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9ce39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.899,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79764,
    "c": 0.17418,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9CE39
secondary
#43317A
accent
#44E36C
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FAFCF2
border
#D3D5CC
text
#13150A
muted
#83847D

Preview Lab

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#A9CE39 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva