#A9D651#A9D651

#A9D651 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.167 H 125.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D651
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 81)
HSL	hsl(80, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(80, 62%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 62.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.25, -34.34, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.25, 68.35, 120.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.8% -0.0979 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(81.8% 0.167 125.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8941, 57.1217, 16.6014)
Luminance	0.5712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D651 #7E51D6

analogous

#D6C151 #A9D651 #66D651

triadic

#A9D651 #51A9D6 #D651A9

tetradic

#A9D651 #51D6C1 #7E51D6 #D65166

square

#A9D651 #51D6C1 #7E51D6 #D65166

split-complementary

#A9D651 #5166D6 #C151D6

monochromatic

#688C21 #8CBD2D #A9D651 #C1E283 #DAEDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9D651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#A9D651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D651

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D651	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0CCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.167 125.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e287',
    500: '#a9d651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d651;
$custom-light: #c6e287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.301,
    "s": 61.86,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81797,
    "c": 0.16744,
    "h": 125.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D651

secondary

#573A92

accent

#43E57A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D651

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

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