#A9D756#A9D756

#A9D756 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.165 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D756
RGB	rgb(169, 215, 86)
HSL	hsl(81, 62%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 60%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.4%, 0%, 60%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -34.40, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 66.87, 120.97°)
OKLab	oklab(82.08% -0.0977 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(82.08% 0.165 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.3424, 57.7072, 17.7101)
Luminance	0.5771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D756 #8456D7

analogous

#D7C456 #A9D756 #69D756

triadic

#A9D756 #56A9D7 #D756A9

tetradic

#A9D756 #56D7C4 #8456D7 #D75669

square

#A9D756 #56D7C4 #8456D7 #D75669

split-complementary

#A9D756 #5669D7 #C456D7

monochromatic

#699022 #8DC22E #A9D756 #C2E387 #DBEEB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#A9D756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#A9D756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D756

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D756	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 215, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.165 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e38a',
    500: '#a9d756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d756;
$custom-light: #c5e38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 215,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.395,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82076,
    "c": 0.16474,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D756

secondary

#5C3B96

accent

#43E57D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D756

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

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