#A9D953#A9D953

#A9D953 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.170 H 126.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D953
RGB	rgb(169, 217, 83)
HSL	hsl(81, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(81, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 61.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, -35.56, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 69.07, 120.99°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.1011 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.17 126.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.7364, 58.6846, 17.2577)
Luminance	0.5868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D953 #8353D9

analogous

#D9C653 #A9D953 #66D953

triadic

#A9D953 #53A9D9 #D953A9

tetradic

#A9D953 #53D9C6 #8353D9 #D95366

square

#A9D953 #53D9C6 #8353D9 #D95366

split-complementary

#A9D953 #5366D9 #C653D9

monochromatic

#699120 #8DC42B #A9D953 #C2E485 #DBEFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#A9D953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#A9D953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D953

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D953	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 217, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.170 126.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e589',
    500: '#a9d953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d953;
$custom-light: #c6e589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.493,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82506,
    "c": 0.16971,
    "h": 126.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D953

secondary

#5B3A97

accent

#41E77C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D953

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

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