#A9CE5A#A9CE5A

#A9CE5A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.150 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE5A
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(79, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(79, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -29.87, 52.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 60.61, 119.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0847 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.15 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2791, 53.3155, 17.8398)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE5A #7F5ACE

analogous

#CEB95A #A9CE5A #6FCE5A

triadic

#A9CE5A #5AA9CE #CE5AA9

tetradic

#A9CE5A #5ACEB9 #7F5ACE #CE5A6F

square

#A9CE5A #5ACEB9 #7F5ACE #CE5A6F

split-complementary

#A9CE5A #5A6FCE #B95ACE

monochromatic

#688628 #8CB536 #A9CE5A #C2DC89 #DAEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A9CE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#A9CE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE5A

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE5A	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)

#D8C24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C5B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.150 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5dd8c',
    500: '#a9ce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce5a;
$custom-light: #c5dd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.138,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80059,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE5A

secondary

#583F8D

accent

#4ADE79

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE5A

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

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