#A9D459#A9D459

#A9D459 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.158 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D459
RGB	rgb(169, 212, 89)
HSL	hsl(81, 59%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 58%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -32.77, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 64.11, 120.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.42% -0.0928 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(81.42% 0.158 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7089, 56.2427, 18.1078)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D459 #8459D4

analogous

#D4C259 #A9D459 #6CD459

triadic

#A9D459 #59A9D4 #D459A9

tetradic

#A9D459 #59D4C2 #8459D4 #D4596C

square

#A9D459 #59D4C2 #8459D4 #D4596C

split-complementary

#A9D459 #596CD4 #C259D4

monochromatic

#698E25 #8DBE31 #A9D459 #C2E18A #DBEDBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9D459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#A9D459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D459

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D459	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 212, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.158 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e18c',
    500: '#a9d459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d459;
$custom-light: #c5e18c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.976,
    "s": 58.852,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8142,
    "c": 0.15832,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D459

secondary

#5C3E94

accent

#46E27C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D459

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

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