#A9D850#A9D850

#A9D850 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.171 H 126.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D850
RGB	rgb(169, 216, 80)
HSL	hsl(81, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(81, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 63%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.81, -35.34, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.81, 69.74, 120.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.1008 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.171 126.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.3661, 58.1253, 16.5751)
Luminance	0.5813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D850 #7F50D8

analogous

#D8C350 #A9D850 #65D850

triadic

#A9D850 #50A9D8 #D850A9

tetradic

#A9D850 #50D8C3 #7F50D8 #D85065

square

#A9D850 #50D8C3 #7F50D8 #D85065

split-complementary

#A9D850 #5065D8 #C350D8

monochromatic

#688E20 #8CC02B #A9D850 #C2E382 #DAEEB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A9D850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.63

#A9D850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D850

12.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D850	1.00	1.66	12.63	12.63
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CA3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCEBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 216, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.171 126.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e487',
    500: '#a9d850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d850;
$custom-light: #c6e487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.735,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82248,
    "c": 0.17076,
    "h": 126.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D850

secondary

#583994

accent

#41E77A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D850

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

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