#A9CE3E#A9CE3E

#A9CE3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.171 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE3E
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 62)
HSL	hsl(75, 60%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 70%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 69.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -31.94, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 71.57, 116.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.093 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.171 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3035, 52.9253, 12.7015)
Luminance	0.5292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE3E #633ECE

analogous

#CEAB3E #A9CE3E #61CE3E

triadic

#A9CE3E #3EA9CE #CE3EA9

tetradic

#A9CE3E #3ECEAB #633ECE #CE3E61

square

#A9CE3E #3ECEAB #633ECE #CE3E61

split-complementary

#A9CE3E #3E61CE #AB3ECE

monochromatic

#5E741D #85A52A #A9CE3E #BFDA6F #D4E7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CE3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#A9CE3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE3E

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE3E	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.171 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd7c',
    500: '#a9ce3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce3e;
$custom-light: #c6dd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.417,
    "s": 59.504,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79799,
    "c": 0.17109,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE3E

secondary

#46337D

accent

#45E36E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE3E

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

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