#A9CE49#A9CE49

#A9CE49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.163 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE49
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(77, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(77, 65%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 64.6%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.91, -31.23, 59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.91, 67.54, 117.54°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.09 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.163 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.6364, 53.0584, 14.4552)
Luminance	0.5306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE49 #6E49CE

analogous

#CEB149 #A9CE49 #66CE49

triadic

#A9CE49 #49A9CE #CE49A9

tetradic

#A9CE49 #49CEB1 #6E49CE #CE4966

square

#A9CE49 #49CEB1 #6E49CE #CE4966

split-complementary

#A9CE49 #4966CE #B149CE

monochromatic

#627B21 #89AC2E #A9CE49 #C0DB79 #D7E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.61

#A9CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE49

11.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE49	1.00	1.81	11.61	11.61
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.163 123.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd82',
    500: '#a9ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce49;
$custom-light: #c6dd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.692,
    "s": 57.576,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79888,
    "c": 0.16347,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE49

secondary

#4D3883

accent

#47E172

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE49

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

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