#A9D42A#A9D42A

#A9D42A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.189 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D42A
RGB	rgb(169, 212, 42)
HSL	hsl(75, 67%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(75, 80%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 80.2%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, -35.66, 71.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 80.28, 116.37°)
OKLab	oklab(81.06% -0.1047 0.157)
OKLCH	oklch(81.06% 0.189 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.3241, 55.6888, 10.8147)
Luminance	0.5569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D42A #552AD4

analogous

#D4AA2A #A9D42A #54D42A

triadic

#A9D42A #2AA9D4 #D42AA9

tetradic

#A9D42A #2AD4AA #552AD4 #D42A54

square

#A9D42A #2AD4AA #552AD4 #D42A54

split-complementary

#A9D42A #2A54D4 #AA2AD4

monochromatic

#586E16 #80A120 #A9D42A #BEDF5C #D2E98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9D42A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#A9D42A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D42A

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D42A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D42A	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d42a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 212, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.189 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e173',
    500: '#a9d42a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d42a;
$custom-light: #c7e173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d42a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.176,
    "s": 66.929,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81064,
    "c": 0.18874,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D42A

secondary

#3E2B77

accent

#3EEA69

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D42A

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

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