#A9D260#A9D260

#A9D260 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.149 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D260
RGB	rgb(169, 210, 96)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 54.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -31.20, 51.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 60.11, 121.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0879 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.149 126)
XYZ	xyz(41.5201, 55.3723, 19.5645)
Luminance	0.5537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D260 #8960D2

analogous

#D2C260 #A9D260 #70D260

triadic

#A9D260 #60A9D2 #D260A9

tetradic

#A9D260 #60D2C2 #8960D2 #D26070

square

#A9D260 #60D2C2 #8960D2 #D26070

split-complementary

#A9D260 #6070D2 #C260D2

monochromatic

#6A8F29 #8EBF36 #A9D260 #C3DF90 #DDEDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#A9D260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#A9D260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D260

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D260	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 210, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.149 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e090',
    500: '#a9d260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d260;
$custom-light: #c5e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.579,
    "s": 55.882,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81042,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.55373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D260

secondary

#5F4195

accent

#49DF7F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D260

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

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