#A9D149#A9D149

#A9D149 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.167 H 124.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D149
RGB	rgb(169, 209, 73)
HSL	hsl(78, 60%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(78, 65%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 65.1%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -32.63, 60.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 68.99, 118.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.0939 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.167 124.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.3655, 54.5167, 14.6982)
Luminance	0.5452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D149 #7149D1

analogous

#D1B549 #A9D149 #65D149

triadic

#A9D149 #49A9D1 #D149A9

tetradic

#A9D149 #49D1B5 #7149D1 #D14965

square

#A9D149 #49D1B5 #7149D1 #D14965

split-complementary

#A9D149 #4965D1 #B549D1

monochromatic

#637F20 #8AB02D #A9D149 #C0DD7A #D7EAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A9D149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#A9D149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D149

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D149	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 209, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.167 124.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6df82',
    500: '#a9d149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d149;
$custom-light: #c6df82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.647,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80576,
    "c": 0.1672,
    "h": 124.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D149

secondary

#4F3787

accent

#45E373

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D149

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

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