#A9CE59#A9CE59

#A9CE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.150 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE59
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(79, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -29.96, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 61.03, 119.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.085 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.15 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2368, 53.2986, 17.6171)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE59 #7E59CE

analogous

#CEB859 #A9CE59 #6ECE59

triadic

#A9CE59 #59A9CE #CE59A9

tetradic

#A9CE59 #59CEB8 #7E59CE #CE596E

square

#A9CE59 #59CEB8 #7E59CE #CE596E

split-complementary

#A9CE59 #596ECE #B859CE

monochromatic

#688527 #8CB535 #A9CE59 #C1DC88 #DAEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A9CE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#A9CE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE59

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE59	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C5B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.150 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dd8c',
    500: '#a9ce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce59;
$custom-light: #c5dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.974,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80047,
    "c": 0.15045,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE59

secondary

#573F8C

accent

#4ADE79

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE59

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

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