#A9D23D#A9D23D

#A9D23D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.177 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D23D
RGB	rgb(169, 210, 61)
HSL	hsl(77, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 71%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 71%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -33.85, 65.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 73.77, 117.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0983 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.177 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.2515, 54.8648, 12.8834)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D23D #663DD2

analogous

#D2B03D #A9D23D #5ED23D

triadic

#A9D23D #3DA9D2 #D23DA9

tetradic

#A9D23D #3DD2B0 #663DD2 #D23D5E

square

#A9D23D #3DD2B0 #663DD2 #D23D5E

split-complementary

#A9D23D #3D5ED2 #B03DD2

monochromatic

#5F791C #86AA28 #A9D23D #BFDE6F #D5E9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#A9D23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#A9D23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D23D

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D23D	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 210, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.177 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e07c',
    500: '#a9d23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d23d;
$custom-light: #c6e07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.51,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80712,
    "c": 0.17652,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D23D

secondary

#483281

accent

#42E56F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D23D

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

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