#A9D846#A9D846

#A9D846 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.178 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D846
RGB	rgb(169, 216, 70)
HSL	hsl(79, 65%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(79, 68%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 67.6%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -36.04, 64.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 73.46, 119.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.1036 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.178 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0238, 57.9884, 14.7721)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D846 #7546D8

analogous

#D8BE46 #A9D846 #60D846

triadic

#A9D846 #46A9D8 #D846A9

tetradic

#A9D846 #46D8BE #7546D8 #D84660

square

#A9D846 #46D8BE #7546D8 #D84660

split-complementary

#A9D846 #4660D8 #BE46D8

monochromatic

#65871C #8ABA27 #A9D846 #C0E379 #D8EDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#A9D846 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#A9D846 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D846

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D846	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D846	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d846;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 216, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.178 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e481',
    500: '#a9d846',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d846;
$custom-light: #c6e481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d846",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.315,
    "s": 65.179,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82162,
    "c": 0.17797,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D846

secondary

#51358D

accent

#40E876

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D846

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

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