#A9CE40#A9CE40

#A9CE40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.170 H 123.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE40
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 64)
HSL	hsl(76, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 69%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 68.9%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -31.82, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 70.87, 116.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0925 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.17 123)
XYZ	xyz(39.3593, 52.9476, 12.9958)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE40 #6540CE

analogous

#CEAC40 #A9CE40 #62CE40

triadic

#A9CE40 #40A9CE #CE40A9

tetradic

#A9CE40 #40CEAC #6540CE #CE4062

square

#A9CE40 #40CEAC #6540CE #CE4062

split-complementary

#A9CE40 #4062CE #AC40CE

monochromatic

#5F751E #86A62B #A9CE40 #BFDA71 #D5E7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#A9CE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE40

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE40	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)

#DAC12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.170 123.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd7d',
    500: '#a9ce40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce40;
$custom-light: #c6dd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.634,
    "s": 59.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79814,
    "c": 0.1698,
    "h": 123
  },
  "luminance": 0.52948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE40

secondary

#47347E

accent

#45E26E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE40

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

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