#A9D65B#A9D65B

#A9D65B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.159 H 126.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D65B
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 91)
HSL	hsl(82, 60%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 57%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 57.5%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.34, -33.52, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.34, 64.31, 121.41°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0948 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.159 126.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.2971, 57.2829, 18.7238)
Luminance	0.5728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D65B #885BD6

analogous

#D6C55B #A9D65B #6CD65B

triadic

#A9D65B #5BA9D6 #D65BA9

tetradic

#A9D65B #5BD6C5 #885BD6 #D65B6C

square

#A9D65B #5BD6C5 #885BD6 #D65B6C

split-complementary

#A9D65B #5B6CD6 #C55BD6

monochromatic

#6A9225 #8EC331 #A9D65B #C3E28C #DCEEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#A9D65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.46

#A9D65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D65B

12.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D65B	1.00	1.69	12.46	12.46
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.159 126.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28d',
    500: '#a9d65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d65b;
$custom-light: #c5e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.951,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.819,
    "c": 0.15923,
    "h": 126.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D65B

secondary

#5F3E97

accent

#45E37F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D65B

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

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