#A9D42E#A9D42E

#A9D42E 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	#A9D42E
RGB	rgb(169, 212, 46)
HSL	hsl(76, 66%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(76, 78%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 78.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -35.50, 70.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 79.23, 116.62°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.104 0.1554)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.187 123.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3993, 55.7189, 11.2107)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D42E #592ED4

analogous

#D4AC2E #A9D42E #56D42E

triadic

#A9D42E #2EA9D4 #D42EA9

tetradic

#A9D42E #2ED4AC #592ED4 #D42E56

square

#A9D42E #2ED4AC #592ED4 #D42E56

split-complementary

#A9D42E #2E56D4 #AC2ED4

monochromatic

#597017 #82A322 #A9D42E #BEDE61 #D3E994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9D42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#A9D42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D42E

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D42E	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)

#DBC53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C9B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 212, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.187 123.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e175',
    500: '#a9d42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d42e;
$custom-light: #c7e175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.542,
    "s": 65.873,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81083,
    "c": 0.18696,
    "h": 123.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D42E

secondary

#412D79

accent

#3FE96B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF1

border

#D4D5CB

text

#141509

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D42E

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

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