#A9D342#A9D342

#A9D342 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.175 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D342
RGB	rgb(169, 211, 66)
HSL	hsl(77, 62%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 68.7%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.28, -34.01, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.28, 72.51, 117.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.98% -0.0983 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(80.98% 0.175 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6402, 55.4165, 13.7086)
Luminance	0.5542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D342 #6C42D3

analogous

#D3B442 #A9D342 #61D342

triadic

#A9D342 #42A9D3 #D342A9

tetradic

#A9D342 #42D3B4 #6C42D3 #D34261

square

#A9D342 #42D3B4 #6C42D3 #D34261

split-complementary

#A9D342 #4261D3 #B442D3

monochromatic

#627D1D #88AF29 #A9D342 #C0DF74 #D6EAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#A9D342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#A9D342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D342

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D342	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 211, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.175 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e07f',
    500: '#a9d342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d342;
$custom-light: #c6e07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.379,
    "s": 62.232,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80979,
    "c": 0.17453,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D342

secondary

#4C3485

accent

#42E572

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D342

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

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