#A9CF42#A9CF42

#A9CF42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.170 H 123.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CF42
RGB	rgb(169, 207, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 59%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.4%, 0%, 68.1%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -32.16, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 70.62, 117.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.06% -0.0932 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(80.06% 0.17 123.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.6588, 53.4538, 13.3815)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CF42 #6842CF

analogous

#CFAE42 #A9CF42 #62CF42

triadic

#A9CF42 #42A9CF #CF42A9

tetradic

#A9CF42 #42CFAE #6842CF #CF4262

square

#A9CF42 #42CFAE #6842CF #CF4262

split-complementary

#A9CF42 #4262CF #AE42CF

monochromatic

#60781F #87A92B #A9CF42 #BFDB73 #D5E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#A9CF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#A9CF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CF42

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CF42	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC22D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 207, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.170 123.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dd7e',
    500: '#a9cf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cf42;
$custom-light: #c6dd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.17,
    "s": 59.494,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80059,
    "c": 0.16967,
    "h": 123.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CF42

secondary

#493580

accent

#45E370

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CF42

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

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