#A9D057#A9D057

#A9D057 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.155 H 124.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D057
RGB	rgb(169, 208, 87)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(79, 58%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 0%, 58.2%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, -31.07, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 62.90, 119.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.48% -0.0883 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(80.48% 0.155 124.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6385, 54.2345, 17.3423)
Luminance	0.5423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D057 #7E57D0

analogous

#D0BB57 #A9D057 #6CD057

triadic

#A9D057 #57A9D0 #D057A9

tetradic

#A9D057 #57D0BB #7E57D0 #D0576C

square

#A9D057 #57D0BB #7E57D0 #D0576C

split-complementary

#A9D057 #576CD0 #BB57D0

monochromatic

#688726 #8CB733 #A9D057 #C1DD87 #DAEBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#A9D057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#A9D057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D057

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D057	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 208, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.155 124.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5de8b',
    500: '#a9d057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d057;
$custom-light: #c5de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.339,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80483,
    "c": 0.15481,
    "h": 124.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D057

secondary

#573E8E

accent

#48E079

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D057

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

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