#A9CE3A#A9CE3A

#A9CE3A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.174 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE3A
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 58)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 72%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 71.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -32.16, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 72.94, 116.17°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0939 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.174 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.1977, 52.8830, 12.1446)
Luminance	0.5288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE3A #5F3ACE

analogous

#CEA93A #A9CE3A #5FCE3A

triadic

#A9CE3A #3AA9CE #CE3AA9

tetradic

#A9CE3A #3ACEA9 #5F3ACE #CE3A5F

square

#A9CE3A #3ACEA9 #5F3ACE #CE3A5F

split-complementary

#A9CE3A #3A5FCE #A93ACE

monochromatic

#5C711C #84A228 #A9CE3A #BEDA6B #D4E69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#A9CE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE3A

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE3A	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC11E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C047

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.174 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd7a',
    500: '#a9ce3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce3a;
$custom-light: #c6dd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79771,
    "c": 0.17358,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE3A

secondary

#44327A

accent

#44E36C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE3A

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

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