#A9D649#A9D649

#A9D649 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.173 H 125.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D649
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 73)
HSL	hsl(79, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(79, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 65.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -34.93, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 71.41, 119.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.1003 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.173 125.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6116, 57.0087, 15.1136)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D649 #7649D6

analogous

#D6BD49 #A9D649 #63D649

triadic

#A9D649 #49A9D6 #D649A9

tetradic

#A9D649 #49D6BD #7649D6 #D64963

square

#A9D649 #49D6BD #7649D6 #D64963

split-complementary

#A9D649 #4963D6 #BD49D6

monochromatic

#65861E #8BB82A #A9D649 #C1E17B #D8EDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9D649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#A9D649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D649

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D649	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC654

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.173 125.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e283',
    500: '#a9d649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d649;
$custom-light: #c6e283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.149,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81726,
    "c": 0.17341,
    "h": 125.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D649

secondary

#52368D

accent

#42E676

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D649

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

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