#A9D140#A9D140

#A9D140 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.173 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D140
RGB	rgb(169, 209, 64)
HSL	hsl(77, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 69%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 69.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.70, -33.21, 64.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.70, 72.27, 117.36°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0963 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.173 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.0885, 54.4058, 13.2389)
Luminance	0.5441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D140 #6840D1

analogous

#D1B040 #A9D140 #60D140

triadic

#A9D140 #40A9D1 #D140A9

tetradic

#A9D140 #40D1B0 #6840D1 #D14060

square

#A9D140 #40D1B0 #6840D1 #D14060

split-complementary

#A9D140 #4060D1 #B040D1

monochromatic

#60791D #87AB29 #A9D140 #BFDD71 #D5E9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#A9D140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#A9D140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D140

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D140	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C7B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 209, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.173 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6df7d',
    500: '#a9d140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d140;
$custom-light: #c6df7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.552,
    "s": 61.181,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80504,
    "c": 0.17342,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D140

secondary

#493481

accent

#44E470

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D140

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

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