#A9D85E#A9D85E

#A9D85E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.159 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D85E
RGB	rgb(169, 216, 94)
HSL	hsl(83, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.8%, 0%, 56.5%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -34.17, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 64.09, 122.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.39% -0.0963 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(82.39% 0.159 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.9383, 58.3542, 19.5888)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D85E #8D5ED8

analogous

#D8CA5E #A9D85E #6CD85E

triadic

#A9D85E #5EA9D8 #D85EA9

tetradic

#A9D85E #5ED8CA #8D5ED8 #D85E6C

square

#A9D85E #5ED8CA #8D5ED8 #D85E6C

split-complementary

#A9D85E #5E6CD8 #CA5ED8

monochromatic

#6B9725 #8EC831 #A9D85E #C3E48F #DEF0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A9D85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#A9D85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D85E

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D85E	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AECFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 216, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.159 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e48f',
    500: '#a9d85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d85e;
$custom-light: #c5e48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.115,
    "s": 61,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82391,
    "c": 0.15928,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D85E

secondary

#623F9C

accent

#1DC95F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D85E

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

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