#A9D657#A9D657

#A9D657 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.163 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D657
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(81, 61%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 59%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 59.3%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, -33.86, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 65.95, 120.89°)
OKLab	oklab(81.86% -0.0961 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(81.86% 0.163 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1291, 57.2157, 17.8392)
Luminance	0.5722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D657 #8457D6

analogous

#D6C457 #A9D657 #6AD657

triadic

#A9D657 #57A9D6 #D657A9

tetradic

#A9D657 #57D6C4 #8457D6 #D6576A

square

#A9D657 #57D6C4 #8457D6 #D6576A

split-complementary

#A9D657 #576AD6 #C457D6

monochromatic

#699023 #8DC12F #A9D657 #C2E288 #DBEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#A9D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D657

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D657	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)

#E0C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.163 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28b',
    500: '#a9d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d657;
$custom-light: #c5e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.26,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81857,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D657

secondary

#5C3C95

accent

#44E47D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D657

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

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