#A9D53C#A9D53C

#A9D53C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.181 H 124.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D53C
RGB	rgb(169, 213, 60)
HSL	hsl(77, 65%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 72%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 71.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.81, -35.28, 66.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.81, 75.48, 117.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.4% -0.1023 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(81.4% 0.181 124.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9724, 56.3494, 12.9920)
Luminance	0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D53C #683CD5

analogous

#D5B43C #A9D53C #5CD53C

triadic

#A9D53C #3CA9D5 #D53CA9

tetradic

#A9D53C #3CD5B4 #683CD5 #D53C5C

square

#A9D53C #3CD5B4 #683CD5 #D53C5C

split-complementary

#A9D53C #3C5CD5 #B43CD5

monochromatic

#607C1B #87AE26 #A9D53C #BFE06E #D5EBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9D53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#A9D53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D53C

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D53C	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 213, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.181 124.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e27c',
    500: '#a9d53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d53c;
$custom-light: #c6e27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.255,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81397,
    "c": 0.18071,
    "h": 124.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D53C

secondary

#493284

accent

#40E870

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D53C

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

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