#A9D549#A9D549

#A9D549 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.172 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9D549
RGBrgb(169, 213, 73)
HSLhsl(79, 63%, 56%)
HSVhsv(79, 66%, 84%)
CMYKcmyk(20.7%, 0%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LABlab(79.90, -34.47, 61.98)
CIE-LCHlch(79.90, 70.92, 119.08°)
OKLaboklab(81.5% -0.099 0.1409)
OKLCHoklch(81.5% 0.172 125.1)
XYZxyz(41.3593, 56.5041, 15.0295)
Luminance0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9D549 #7549D5
analogous
#D5BB49 #A9D549 #63D549
triadic
#A9D549 #49A9D5 #D549A9
tetradic
#A9D549 #49D5BB #7549D5 #D54963
square
#A9D549 #49D5BB #7549D5 #D54963
split-complementary
#A9D549 #4963D5 #BB49D5
monochromatic
#65851F #8AB72A #A9D549 #C0E07B #D8ECAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71
#A9D549 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30
#A9D549 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D549
12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9D549#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9D5491.001.7112.3012.30
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.3021.001.001.00
##00000012.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C836
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC654
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0CBB8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9d549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 213, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.172 125.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e283',
    500: '#a9d549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9d549;
$custom-light: #c6e283;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9d549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.857,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81496,
    "c": 0.17217,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9D549
secondary
#51378C
accent
#42E676
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FAFCF2
border
#D3D5CC
text
#13150B
muted
#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D549

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#A9D549 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva