#A9CE53#A9CE53

#A9CE53 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.156 H 124.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE53
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(78, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(78, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 59.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -30.47, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 63.55, 118.65°)
OKLab	oklab(79.98% -0.087 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(79.98% 0.156 124)
XYZ	xyz(39.9950, 53.2019, 16.3439)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE53 #7853CE

analogous

#CEB653 #A9CE53 #6CCE53

triadic

#A9CE53 #53A9CE #CE53A9

tetradic

#A9CE53 #53CEB6 #7853CE #CE536C

square

#A9CE53 #53CEB6 #7853CE #CE536C

split-complementary

#A9CE53 #536CCE #B653CE

monochromatic

#668225 #8BB133 #A9CE53 #C1DC83 #D9E9B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A9CE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#A9CE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE53

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE53	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.156 124.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dd88',
    500: '#a9ce53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce53;
$custom-light: #c5dd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.049,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79983,
    "c": 0.15559,
    "h": 124
  },
  "luminance": 0.53202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE53

secondary

#533C89

accent

#49DF76

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE53

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

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