#A9CE99#A9CE99

#A9CE99 is a light, moderate green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.083 H 136.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CE99
RGB	rgb(169, 206, 153)
HSL	hsl(102, 35%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(102, 26%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 0%, 25.7%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -22.03, 22.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 31.45, 134.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.09% -0.0598 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(81.09% 0.083 136.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1820, 54.8767, 38.3953)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CE99 #BE99CE

analogous

#C3CE99 #A9CE99 #99CEA3

triadic

#A9CE99 #99A9CE #CE99A9

tetradic

#A9CE99 #99C3CE #BE99CE #CEA399

square

#A9CE99 #99C3CE #BE99CE #CEA399

split-complementary

#A9CE99 #A399CE #CE99C3

monochromatic

#66A04D #86BA70 #A9CE99 #CCE2C2 #EEF5EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#A9CE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#A9CE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CE99

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CE99	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2C696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC29C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ce99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 206, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.083 136.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3ddb7',
    500: '#a9ce99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ce99;
$custom-light: #c3ddb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ce99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 101.887,
    "s": 35.099,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81086,
    "c": 0.08255,
    "h": 136.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CE99

secondary

#9168A3

accent

#38AE8A

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FCF8

border

#D2D5D1

text

#121511

muted

#828481

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CE99

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

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