#A9CE42#A9CE42

#A9CE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.168 H 123.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE42
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 68%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -31.69, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 70.15, 116.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.83% -0.0919 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(79.83% 0.168 123.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.4173, 52.9708, 13.3010)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE42 #6742CE

analogous

#CEAD42 #A9CE42 #63CE42

triadic

#A9CE42 #42A9CE #CE42A9

tetradic

#A9CE42 #42CEAD #6742CE #CE4263

square

#A9CE42 #42CEAD #6742CE #CE4263

split-complementary

#A9CE42 #4263CE #AD42CE

monochromatic

#60771F #87A72B #A9CE42 #BFDB73 #D5E7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#A9CE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE42

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE42	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)

#DAC12D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.168 123.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd7e',
    500: '#a9ce42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce42;
$custom-light: #c6dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.857,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79829,
    "c": 0.16846,
    "h": 123.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE42

secondary

#49357F

accent

#46E26F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE42

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

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