#A9D042#A9D042

#A9D042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.171 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D042
RGB	rgb(169, 208, 66)
HSL	hsl(76, 60%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(76, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 68.3%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, -32.62, 63.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 71.10, 117.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% -0.0945 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.171 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.9018, 53.9399, 13.4625)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D042 #6942D0

analogous

#D0B042 #A9D042 #62D042

triadic

#A9D042 #42A9D0 #D042A9

tetradic

#A9D042 #42D0B0 #6942D0 #D04262

square

#A9D042 #42D0B0 #6942D0 #D04262

split-complementary

#A9D042 #4262D0 #B042D0

monochromatic

#60791E #87AA2A #A9D042 #BFDC73 #D6E8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#A9D042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#A9D042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D042

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D042	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C6B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 208, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.171 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6de7e',
    500: '#a9d042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d042;
$custom-light: #c6de7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.479,
    "s": 60.169,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80289,
    "c": 0.17088,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D042

secondary

#4A3581

accent

#44E370

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D042

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

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