#A9D23E#A9D23E

#A9D23E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.176 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D23E
RGB	rgb(169, 210, 62)
HSL	hsl(77, 62%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 70%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 70.5%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.97, -33.79, 65.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.97, 73.43, 117.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0981 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.176 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.2787, 54.8757, 13.0266)
Luminance	0.5488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D23E #673ED2

analogous

#D2B13E #A9D23E #5FD23E

triadic

#A9D23E #3EA9D2 #D23EA9

tetradic

#A9D23E #3ED2B1 #673ED2 #D23E5F

square

#A9D23E #3ED2B1 #673ED2 #D23E5F

split-complementary

#A9D23E #3E5FD2 #B13ED2

monochromatic

#60791C #87AB28 #A9D23E #BFDE70 #D5E9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#A9D23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#A9D23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D23E

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D23E	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 210, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.176 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e07c',
    500: '#a9d23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d23e;
$custom-light: #c6e07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.622,
    "s": 62.185,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80719,
    "c": 0.1759,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D23E

secondary

#493381

accent

#43E570

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D23E

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

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