#A9CE3C#A9CE3C

#A9CE3C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.172 H 122.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE3C
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 60)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 71%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 70.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.82, -32.05, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.82, 72.26, 116.33°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0935 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.172 122.8)
XYZ	xyz(39.2496, 52.9037, 12.4178)
Luminance	0.5290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE3C #613CCE

analogous

#CEAA3C #A9CE3C #60CE3C

triadic

#A9CE3C #3CA9CE #CE3CA9

tetradic

#A9CE3C #3CCEAA #613CCE #CE3C60

square

#A9CE3C #3CCEAA #613CCE #CE3C60

split-complementary

#A9CE3C #3C60CE #AA3CCE

monochromatic

#5D731D #85A429 #A9CE3C #BFDA6D #D4E79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#A9CE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE3C

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE3C	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)

#DAC122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C4B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.172 122.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd7b',
    500: '#a9ce3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce3c;
$custom-light: #c6dd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.205,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79785,
    "c": 0.17236,
    "h": 122.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE3C

secondary

#45337C

accent

#45E36D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE3C

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

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