#A9D856#A9D856

#A9D856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.166 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D856
RGB	rgb(169, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(82, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 60%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 60.2%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.86, -34.86, 57.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.86, 67.37, 121.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% -0.0989 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.166 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5978, 58.2180, 17.7953)
Luminance	0.5822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D856 #8556D8

analogous

#D8C656 #A9D856 #68D856

triadic

#A9D856 #56A9D8 #D856A9

tetradic

#A9D856 #56D8C6 #8556D8 #D85668

square

#A9D856 #56D8C6 #8556D8 #D85668

split-complementary

#A9D856 #5668D8 #C656D8

monochromatic

#699222 #8DC42D #A9D856 #C2E388 #DCEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A9D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.64

#A9D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D856

12.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D856	1.00	1.66	12.64	12.64
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.166 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e48a',
    500: '#a9d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d856;
$custom-light: #c5e48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.692,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82306,
    "c": 0.16603,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D856

secondary

#5C3B97

accent

#42E67D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D856

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

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