#A9D65A#A9D65A

#A9D65A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.160 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D65A
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 90)
HSL	hsl(82, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 58%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 57.9%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, -33.61, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 64.72, 121.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0951 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.16 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.2542, 57.2658, 18.4981)
Luminance	0.5727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D65A #875AD6

analogous

#D6C55A #A9D65A #6BD65A

triadic

#A9D65A #5AA9D6 #D65AA9

tetradic

#A9D65A #5AD6C5 #875AD6 #D65A6B

square

#A9D65A #5AD6C5 #875AD6 #D65A6B

split-complementary

#A9D65A #5A6BD6 #C55AD6

monochromatic

#6A9124 #8DC230 #A9D65A #C3E28B #DCEEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9D65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#A9D65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D65A

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D65A	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.160 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28d',
    500: '#a9d65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d65a;
$custom-light: #c5e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.774,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81889,
    "c": 0.1601,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D65A

secondary

#5E3D97

accent

#44E37E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D65A

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

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