#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
RGB	rgb(169, 213, 73)
HSL	hsl(79, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 65.7%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -34.47, 61.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 70.92, 119.08°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.099 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.172 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3593, 56.5041, 15.0295)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9D549	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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