#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
RGBrgb(169, 212, 89)
HSLhsl(81, 59%, 59%)
HSVhsv(81, 58%, 83%)
CMYKcmyk(20.3%, 0%, 58%, 16.9%)
CIE-LABlab(79.75, -32.77, 55.10)
CIE-LCHlch(79.75, 64.11, 120.74°)
OKLaboklab(81.42% -0.0928 0.1282)
OKLCHoklch(81.42% 0.158 125.9)
XYZxyz(41.7089, 56.2427, 18.1078)
Luminance0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##A9D4591.001.7112.2512.25
#FFFFFF1.711.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2521.001.001.00
##00000012.2521.001.001.00

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

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#A9D459 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva