#A9D555#A9D555

#A9D555 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.163 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D555
RGB	rgb(169, 213, 85)
HSL	hsl(81, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 60.1%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -33.57, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 66.26, 120.44°)
OKLab	oklab(81.61% -0.0954 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(81.61% 0.163 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.7962, 56.6789, 17.3307)
Luminance	0.5668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D555 #8155D5

analogous

#D5C155 #A9D555 #69D555

triadic

#A9D555 #55A9D5 #D555A9

tetradic

#A9D555 #55D5C1 #8155D5 #D55569

square

#A9D555 #55D5C1 #8155D5 #D55569

split-complementary

#A9D555 #5569D5 #C155D5

monochromatic

#688D23 #8DBE2F #A9D555 #C2E186 #DBEDB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A9D555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.34

#A9D555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D555

12.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D555	1.00	1.70	12.34	12.34
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 213, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.163 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28a',
    500: '#a9d555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d555;
$custom-light: #c5e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.625,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81607,
    "c": 0.16297,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D555

secondary

#593C93

accent

#44E47B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D555

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

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