#A9D849#A9D849

#A9D849 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.176 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9D849
RGBrgb(169, 216, 73)
HSLhsl(80, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(80, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(21.8%, 0%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(80.75, -35.84, 62.88)
CIE-LCHlch(80.75, 72.37, 119.68°)
OKLaboklab(82.19% -0.1028 0.1427)
OKLCHoklch(82.19% 0.176 125.8)
XYZxyz(42.1208, 58.0272, 15.2833)
Luminance0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9D849 #7849D8
analogous
#D8BF49 #A9D849 #62D849
triadic
#A9D849 #49A9D8 #D849A9
tetradic
#A9D849 #49D8BF #7849D8 #D84962
square
#A9D849 #49D8BF #7849D8 #D84962
split-complementary
#A9D849 #4962D8 #BF49D8
monochromatic
#66891D #8BBC28 #A9D849 #C1E37B #D9EEAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67
#A9D849 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61
#A9D849 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D849
12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9D849#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9D8491.001.6712.6112.61
#FFFFFF1.671.0021.0021.00
#00000012.6121.001.001.00
##00000012.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#E3CA35
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC854
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B0CEBB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9d849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 216, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.176 125.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e483',
    500: '#a9d849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9d849;
$custom-light: #c6e483;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9d849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.72,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82186,
    "c": 0.1759,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9D849
secondary
#53368F
accent
#40E877
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FAFCF2
border
#D3D5CC
text
#13150B
muted
#83847E

Preview Lab

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#A9D849 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva