#A9D442#A9D442

#A9D442 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.176 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D442
RGB	rgb(169, 212, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 63%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 68.9%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, -34.47, 64.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 72.98, 118.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.21% -0.0996 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(81.21% 0.176 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8894, 55.9149, 13.7917)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D442 #6D42D4

analogous

#D4B642 #A9D442 #60D442

triadic

#A9D442 #42A9D4 #D442A9

tetradic

#A9D442 #42D4B6 #6D42D4 #D44260

square

#A9D442 #42D4B6 #6D42D4 #D44260

split-complementary

#A9D442 #4260D4 #B642D4

monochromatic

#627F1D #88B128 #A9D442 #C0DF74 #D6EBA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A9D442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#A9D442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D442

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D442	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 212, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.176 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e17f',
    500: '#a9d442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d442;
$custom-light: #c6e17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.671,
    "s": 62.931,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81209,
    "c": 0.17575,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D442

secondary

#4C3486

accent

#42E672

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D442

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

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