#A9D951#A9D951

#A9D951 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.171 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D951
RGB	rgb(169, 217, 81)
HSL	hsl(81, 64%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(81, 63%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 62.7%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.10, -35.72, 60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.10, 69.85, 120.75°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% -0.1017 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.171 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6603, 58.6542, 16.8568)
Luminance	0.5866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D951 #8151D9

analogous

#D9C551 #A9D951 #65D951

triadic

#A9D951 #51A9D9 #D951A9

tetradic

#A9D951 #51D9C5 #8151D9 #D95165

square

#A9D951 #51D9C5 #8151D9 #D95165

split-complementary

#A9D951 #5165D9 #C551D9

monochromatic

#68901F #8DC22A #A9D951 #C2E483 #DBEFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#A9D951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.73

#A9D951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D951

12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D951	1.00	1.65	12.73	12.73
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFCFBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 217, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.171 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e588',
    500: '#a9d951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d951;
$custom-light: #c6e588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.176,
    "s": 64.151,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82487,
    "c": 0.17126,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D951

secondary

#593995

accent

#41E77B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D951

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

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