#A9D261#A9D261

#A9D261 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.149 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D261
RGB	rgb(169, 210, 97)
HSL	hsl(82, 56%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 54%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 53.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.27, -31.11, 50.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.27, 59.67, 121.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0875 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.149 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5664, 55.3908, 19.8086)
Luminance	0.5539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D261 #8A61D2

analogous

#D2C361 #A9D261 #70D261

triadic

#A9D261 #61A9D2 #D261A9

tetradic

#A9D261 #61D2C3 #8A61D2 #D26170

square

#A9D261 #61D2C3 #8A61D2 #D26170

split-complementary

#A9D261 #6170D2 #C361D2

monochromatic

#6A9029 #8EBF36 #A9D261 #C3E091 #DDEDC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#A9D261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#A9D261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D261

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D261	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C468

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFC9B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 210, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.149 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e091',
    500: '#a9d261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d261;
$custom-light: #c5e091;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.77,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81054,
    "c": 0.14856,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D261

secondary

#604296

accent

#22C35D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D261

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

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