#A9D151#A9D151

#A9D151 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.161 H 124.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D151
RGB	rgb(169, 209, 81)
HSL	hsl(79, 58%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(79, 61%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 61.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -32.03, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 65.86, 119.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0915 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.161 124.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6481, 54.6297, 16.1861)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D151 #7951D1

analogous

#D1B951 #A9D151 #69D151

triadic

#A9D151 #51A9D1 #D151A9

tetradic

#A9D151 #51D1B9 #7951D1 #D15169

square

#A9D151 #51D1B9 #7951D1 #D15169

split-complementary

#A9D151 #5169D1 #B951D1

monochromatic

#668523 #8BB530 #A9D151 #C1DE81 #D9EBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A9D151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#A9D151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D151

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D151	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C8B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 209, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.161 124.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5df87',
    500: '#a9d151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d151;
$custom-light: #c5df87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.75,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8065,
    "c": 0.16107,
    "h": 124.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D151

secondary

#543B8B

accent

#46E177

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF3

border

#D2D5CD

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D151

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

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