#A9CE57#A9CE57

#A9CE57 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.152 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE57
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(79, 58%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 57.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -30.13, 54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 61.88, 119.14°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0857 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.152 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1540, 53.2655, 17.1808)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE57 #7C57CE

analogous

#CEB757 #A9CE57 #6ECE57

triadic

#A9CE57 #57A9CE #CE57A9

tetradic

#A9CE57 #57CEB7 #7C57CE #CE576E

square

#A9CE57 #57CEB7 #7C57CE #CE576E

split-complementary

#A9CE57 #576ECE #B757CE

monochromatic

#678427 #8CB334 #A9CE57 #C1DC86 #DAEAB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A9CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#A9CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE57

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE57	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.152 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dd8a',
    500: '#a9ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce57;
$custom-light: #c5dd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.655,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80025,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE57

secondary

#563E8B

accent

#4ADE78

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE57

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

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