#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
RGBrgb(169, 212, 46)
HSLhsl(76, 66%, 51%)
HSVhsv(76, 78%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(20.3%, 0%, 78.3%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.45, -35.50, 70.84)
CIE-LCHlch(79.45, 79.23, 116.62°)
OKLaboklab(81.08% -0.104 0.1554)
OKLCHoklch(81.08% 0.187 123.8)
XYZxyz(40.3993, 55.7189, 11.2107)
Luminance0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##A9D42E1.001.7312.1412.14
#FFFFFF1.731.0021.0021.00
#00000012.1421.001.001.00
##00000012.1421.001.001.00

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

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#A9D42E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva