#A9D74C#A9D74C

#A9D74C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.172 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D74C
RGB	rgb(169, 215, 76)
HSL	hsl(80, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 64.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -35.17, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 70.77, 119.80°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.1007 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.172 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9673, 57.5572, 15.7347)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D74C #7A4CD7

analogous

#D7BF4C #A9D74C #64D74C

triadic

#A9D74C #4CA9D7 #D74CA9

tetradic

#A9D74C #4CD7BF #7A4CD7 #D74C64

square

#A9D74C #4CD7BF #7A4CD7 #D74C64

split-complementary

#A9D74C #4C64D7 #BF4CD7

monochromatic

#668A1F #8CBC2A #A9D74C #C1E27E #D9EDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A9D74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#A9D74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D74C

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D74C	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 215, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.172 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e384',
    500: '#a9d74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d74c;
$custom-light: #c6e384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.856,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81982,
    "c": 0.17249,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D74C

secondary

#553790

accent

#41E678

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D74C

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

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