#A9D53E#A9D53E

#A9D53E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.179 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D53E
RGB	rgb(169, 213, 62)
HSL	hsl(77, 64%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(77, 71%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 70.9%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.82, -35.16, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.82, 74.82, 118.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.41% -0.1018 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(81.41% 0.179 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.0263, 56.3709, 13.2758)
Luminance	0.5637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D53E #6A3ED5

analogous

#D5B53E #A9D53E #5ED53E

triadic

#A9D53E #3EA9D5 #D53EA9

tetradic

#A9D53E #3ED5B5 #6A3ED5 #D53E5E

square

#A9D53E #3ED5B5 #6A3ED5 #D53E5E

split-complementary

#A9D53E #3E5ED5 #B53ED5

monochromatic

#617D1B #88B026 #A9D53E #BFE070 #D6EBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9D53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#A9D53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D53E

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D53E	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)

#E1C723

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CBB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 213, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.179 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e27d',
    500: '#a9d53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d53e;
$custom-light: #c6e27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.483,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8141,
    "c": 0.17949,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D53E

secondary

#4A3285

accent

#41E771

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D53E

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

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