#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
RGB	rgb(169, 216, 73)
HSL	hsl(80, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(80, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 66.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -35.84, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 72.37, 119.68°)
OKLab	oklab(82.19% -0.1028 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(82.19% 0.176 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.1208, 58.0272, 15.2833)
Luminance	0.5803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9D849	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A9D849

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

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