#A9D142#A9D142

#A9D142 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.172 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D142
RGB	rgb(169, 209, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 68.4%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.71, -33.09, 63.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.71, 71.57, 117.54°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0958 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.172 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1464, 54.4290, 13.5440)
Luminance	0.5443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D142 #6A42D1

analogous

#D1B242 #A9D142 #62D142

triadic

#A9D142 #42A9D1 #D142A9

tetradic

#A9D142 #42D1B2 #6A42D1 #D14262

square

#A9D142 #42D1B2 #6A42D1 #D14262

split-complementary

#A9D142 #4262D1 #B242D1

monochromatic

#617B1E #88AC2A #A9D142 #BFDD73 #D6E9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#A9D142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.89

#A9D142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D142

11.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D142	1.00	1.77	11.89	11.89
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 209, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.172 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6df7e',
    500: '#a9d142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d142;
$custom-light: #c6df7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.783,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80519,
    "c": 0.1721,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D142

secondary

#4A3583

accent

#44E471

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D142

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

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