#A9D74E#A9D74E

#A9D74E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.171 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D74E
RGB	rgb(169, 215, 78)
HSL	hsl(80, 63%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 64%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 63.7%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -35.03, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 70.01, 120.02°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.1001 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.171 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0379, 57.5854, 16.1066)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D74E #7C4ED7

analogous

#D7C14E #A9D74E #64D74E

triadic

#A9D74E #4EA9D7 #D74EA9

tetradic

#A9D74E #4ED7C1 #7C4ED7 #D74E64

square

#A9D74E #4ED7C1 #7C4ED7 #D74E64

split-complementary

#A9D74E #4E64D7 #C14ED7

monochromatic

#678B1F #8CBD2B #A9D74E #C1E280 #DAEEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A9D74E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#A9D74E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D74E

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D74E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D74E	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC758

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d74e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 215, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.171 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e386',
    500: '#a9d74e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d74e;
$custom-light: #c6e386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d74e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.146,
    "s": 63.134,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82,
    "c": 0.17101,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D74E

secondary

#563891

accent

#42E679

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF3

border

#D3D5CD

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D74E

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

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