#A9D449#A9D449

#A9D449 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.171 H 124.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D449
RGB	rgb(169, 212, 73)
HSL	hsl(79, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 65.6%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -34.01, 61.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 70.44, 118.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0977 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.171 124.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1085, 56.0026, 14.9459)
Luminance	0.5600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D449 #7449D4

analogous

#D4B949 #A9D449 #63D449

triadic

#A9D449 #49A9D4 #D449A9

tetradic

#A9D449 #49D4B9 #7449D4 #D44963

square

#A9D449 #49D4B9 #7449D4 #D44963

split-complementary

#A9D449 #4963D4 #B949D4

monochromatic

#64841F #8AB52B #A9D449 #C0E07B #D8EBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#A9D449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#A9D449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D449

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D449	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CAB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 212, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.171 124.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e183',
    500: '#a9d449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d449;
$custom-light: #c6e183;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.561,
    "s": 61.778,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81266,
    "c": 0.17093,
    "h": 124.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D449

secondary

#51378A

accent

#43E575

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D449

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

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