#A9C561#A9C561

#A9C561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.131 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C561
RGB	rgb(169, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(77, 46%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(77, 51%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 50.8%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.59, -24.90, 46.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.59, 52.82, 118.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0702 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.131 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.4863, 49.2305, 18.7818)
Luminance	0.4923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C561 #7D61C5

analogous

#C5AF61 #A9C561 #77C561

triadic

#A9C561 #61A9C5 #C561A9

tetradic

#A9C561 #61C5AF #7D61C5 #C56177

square

#A9C561 #61C5AF #7D61C5 #C56177

split-complementary

#A9C561 #6177C5 #AF61C5

monochromatic

#677E2E #8CAA3F #A9C561 #C1D58E #DAE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A9C561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#A9C561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C561

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C561	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0BDAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.131 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d690',
    500: '#a9c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c561;
$custom-light: #c4d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.8,
    "s": 46.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78098,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C561

secondary

#B8ADD5

accent

#52D677

background

#FCFDF9

surface

#F8FAF1

border

#D1D3CB

text

#13140D

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C561

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

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