#A9D42D#A9D42D

#A9D42D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.187 H 123.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D42D
RGB	rgb(169, 212, 45)
HSL	hsl(75, 66%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(75, 79%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 78.8%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -35.54, 71.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 79.50, 116.56°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.1042 0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.187 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3798, 55.7111, 11.1081)
Luminance	0.5571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D42D #582DD4

analogous

#D4AB2D #A9D42D #55D42D

triadic

#A9D42D #2DA9D4 #D42DA9

tetradic

#A9D42D #2DD4AB #582DD4 #D42D55

square

#A9D42D #2DD4AB #582DD4 #D42D55

split-complementary

#A9D42D #2D55D4 #AB2DD4

monochromatic

#597017 #81A321 #A9D42D #BEDE60 #D3E993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9D42D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#A9D42D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D42D

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D42D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D42D	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)

#DBC43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d42d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 212, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.187 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e175',
    500: '#a9d42d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d42d;
$custom-light: #c7e175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d42d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.449,
    "s": 66.008,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81078,
    "c": 0.18742,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D42D

secondary

#402C79

accent

#3FE96B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D42D

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

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