#A9D655#A9D655

#A9D655 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.164 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D655
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 85)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 60.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, -34.03, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 66.76, 120.64°)
OKLab	oklab(81.84% -0.0967 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(81.84% 0.164 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0485, 57.1835, 17.4148)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D655 #8255D6

analogous

#D6C255 #A9D655 #68D655

triadic

#A9D655 #55A9D6 #D655A9

tetradic

#A9D655 #55D6C2 #8255D6 #D65568

square

#A9D655 #55D6C2 #8255D6 #D65568

split-complementary

#A9D655 #5568D6 #C255D6

monochromatic

#698E22 #8DC02E #A9D655 #C2E286 #DBEEB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9D655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#A9D655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D655

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D655	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C946

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.164 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28a',
    500: '#a9d655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d655;
$custom-light: #c5e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.93,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81837,
    "c": 0.16426,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D655

secondary

#5A3B94

accent

#44E47C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D655

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

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