#A9D656#A9D656

#A9D656 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.163 H 126.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D656
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 59.8%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.29, -33.95, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.29, 66.36, 120.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.85% -0.0964 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(81.85% 0.163 126.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.0885, 57.1995, 17.6255)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D656 #8356D6

analogous

#D6C356 #A9D656 #69D656

triadic

#A9D656 #56A9D6 #D656A9

tetradic

#A9D656 #56D6C3 #8356D6 #D65669

square

#A9D656 #56D6C3 #8356D6 #D65669

split-complementary

#A9D656 #5669D6 #C356D6

monochromatic

#698F23 #8DC02F #A9D656 #C2E287 #DBEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#A9D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D656

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D656	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)

#E0C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.163 126.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28a',
    500: '#a9d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d656;
$custom-light: #c5e28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.094,
    "s": 60.952,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81847,
    "c": 0.16344,
    "h": 126.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D656

secondary

#5B3C95

accent

#44E47C

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D656

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

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