#A9D65E#A9D65E

#A9D65E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.157 H 126.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D65E
RGB	rgb(169, 214, 94)
HSL	hsl(83, 59%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 56%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21%, 0%, 56.1%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.37, -33.25, 53.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.37, 63.05, 121.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0938 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.157 126.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4291, 57.3357, 19.4191)
Luminance	0.5734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D65E #8B5ED6

analogous

#D6C75E #A9D65E #6DD65E

triadic

#A9D65E #5EA9D6 #D65EA9

tetradic

#A9D65E #5ED6C7 #8B5ED6 #D65E6D

square

#A9D65E #5ED6C7 #8B5ED6 #D65E6D

split-complementary

#A9D65E #5E6DD6 #C75ED6

monochromatic

#6B9426 #8EC532 #A9D65E #C3E28F #DDEFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#A9D65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#A9D65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D65E

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D65E	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 214, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.157 126.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e28f',
    500: '#a9d65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d65e;
$custom-light: #c5e28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.5,
    "s": 59.406,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81933,
    "c": 0.15662,
    "h": 126.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D65E

secondary

#613F99

accent

#1EC75E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D65E

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

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