#A9D561#A9D561

#A9D561 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.153 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D561
RGB	rgb(169, 213, 97)
HSL	hsl(83, 58%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 54%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 54.5%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -32.51, 51.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 61.25, 122.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% -0.0914 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.153 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3140, 56.8860, 20.0578)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D561 #8D61D5

analogous

#D5C761 #A9D561 #6FD561

triadic

#A9D561 #61A9D5 #D561A9

tetradic

#A9D561 #61D5C7 #8D61D5 #D5616F

square

#A9D561 #61D5C7 #8D61D5 #D5616F

split-complementary

#A9D561 #616FD5 #C761D5

monochromatic

#6B9427 #8EC534 #A9D561 #C3E291 #DEEFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#A9D561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#A9D561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D561

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D561	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC856

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECCBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 213, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.153 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e291',
    500: '#a9d561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d561;
$custom-light: #c5e291;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.759,
    "s": 58,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.1526,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D561

secondary

#624199

accent

#20C65F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D561

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

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