#A9D359#A9D359

#A9D359 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.157 H 125.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D359
RGB	rgb(169, 211, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 58%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 57.8%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.47, -32.30, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.47, 63.60, 120.53°)
OKLab	oklab(81.19% -0.0916 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(81.19% 0.157 125.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4597, 55.7443, 18.0247)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D359 #8359D3

analogous

#D3C059 #A9D359 #6CD359

triadic

#A9D359 #59A9D3 #D359A9

tetradic

#A9D359 #59D3C0 #8359D3 #D3596C

square

#A9D359 #59D3C0 #8359D3 #D3596C

split-complementary

#A9D359 #596CD3 #C059D3

monochromatic

#698C25 #8DBD32 #A9D359 #C2E089 #DBEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9D359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#A9D359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D359

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D359	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCAB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 211, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.157 125.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e08c',
    500: '#a9d359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d359;
$custom-light: #c5e08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.656,
    "s": 58.095,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81191,
    "c": 0.15701,
    "h": 125.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D359

secondary

#5B3E92

accent

#46E17C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D359

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

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