#A9CE4E#A9CE4E

#A9CE4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.160 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE4E
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 78)
HSL	hsl(77, 57%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(77, 62%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 62.1%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.95, -30.86, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.95, 65.58, 118.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% -0.0885 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.16 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8089, 53.1274, 15.3636)
Luminance	0.5313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE4E #734ECE

analogous

#CEB34E #A9CE4E #69CE4E

triadic

#A9CE4E #4EA9CE #CE4EA9

tetradic

#A9CE4E #4ECEB3 #734ECE #CE4E69

square

#A9CE4E #4ECEB3 #734ECE #CE4E69

split-complementary

#A9CE4E #4E69CE #B34ECE

monochromatic

#647F23 #8AAE30 #A9CE4E #C0DB7E #D8E9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#A9CE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#A9CE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE4E

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE4E	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.160 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dd85',
    500: '#a9ce4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce4e;
$custom-light: #c5dd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.344,
    "s": 56.637,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79934,
    "c": 0.15964,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE4E

secondary

#503A86

accent

#48E074

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FCF2

border

#D2D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE4E

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

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