#A9D653#A9D653

#A9D653 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.166 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D653
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 83)
HSL	hsl(81, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(81, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 61.2%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, -34.19, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 67.56, 120.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.82% -0.0973 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(81.82% 0.166 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9702, 57.1521, 17.0022)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D653 #8053D6

analogous

#D6C153 #A9D653 #67D653

triadic

#A9D653 #53A9D6 #D653A9

tetradic

#A9D653 #53D6C1 #8053D6 #D65367

square

#A9D653 #53D6C1 #8053D6 #D65367

split-complementary

#A9D653 #5367D6 #C153D6

monochromatic

#688D22 #8DBE2D #A9D653 #C2E284 #DAEEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9D653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#A9D653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D653

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D653	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.166 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e289',
    500: '#a9d653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d653;
$custom-light: #c5e289;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.611,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81817,
    "c": 0.16587,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D653

secondary

#593A93

accent

#43E57B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D653

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

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