#A9D53A#A9D53A

#A9D53A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.182 H 124.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D53A
RGB	rgb(169, 213, 58)
HSL	hsl(77, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 73%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 72.8%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.80, -35.39, 67.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.80, 76.13, 117.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.38% -0.1028 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(81.38% 0.182 124.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.9205, 56.3286, 12.7188)
Luminance	0.5633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D53A #663AD5

analogous

#D5B33A #A9D53A #5BD53A

triadic

#A9D53A #3AA9D5 #D53AA9

tetradic

#A9D53A #3AD5B3 #663AD5 #D53A5B

square

#A9D53A #3AD5B3 #663AD5 #D53A5B

split-complementary

#A9D53A #3A5BD5 #B33AD5

monochromatic

#5F7A1A #86AD25 #A9D53A #BFE06C #D5EB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9D53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.27

#A9D53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D53A

12.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D53A	1.00	1.71	12.27	12.27
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C71B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 213, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.182 124.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e27b',
    500: '#a9d53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d53a;
$custom-light: #c6e27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.032,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81383,
    "c": 0.18188,
    "h": 124.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D53A

secondary

#483182

accent

#40E870

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D53A

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

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