#A9D642#A9D642

#A9D642 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.178 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D642
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 64%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(78, 69%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 69.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -35.38, 64.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 73.92, 118.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.1021 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.178 125)
XYZ	xyz(41.3924, 56.9210, 13.9594)
Luminance	0.5692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D642 #6F42D6

analogous

#D6B942 #A9D642 #5FD642

triadic

#A9D642 #42A9D6 #D642A9

tetradic

#A9D642 #42D6B9 #6F42D6 #D6425F

square

#A9D642 #42D6B9 #6F42D6 #D6425F

split-complementary

#A9D642 #425FD6 #B942D6

monochromatic

#63821C #89B427 #A9D642 #C0E174 #D7ECA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A9D642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#A9D642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D642

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D642	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.178 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e27f',
    500: '#a9d642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d642;
$custom-light: #c6e27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.243,
    "s": 64.348,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8167,
    "c": 0.17817,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.56921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D642

secondary

#4D3488

accent

#40E773

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D642

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

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