#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
RGBrgb(169, 213, 60)
HSLhsl(77, 65%, 54%)
HSVhsv(77, 72%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(20.7%, 0%, 71.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(79.81, -35.28, 66.73)
CIE-LCHlch(79.81, 75.48, 117.86°)
OKLaboklab(81.4% -0.1023 0.149)
OKLCHoklch(81.4% 0.181 124.5)
XYZxyz(40.9724, 56.3494, 12.9920)
Luminance0.5635 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##A9D53C1.001.7112.2712.27
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2721.001.001.00
##00000012.2721.001.001.00

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

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#A9D53C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva