#A9D955#A9D955

#A9D955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.168 H 126.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D955
RGB	rgb(169, 217, 85)
HSL	hsl(82, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 61%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.14, -35.40, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.14, 68.28, 121.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% -0.1005 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.168 126.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8147, 58.7160, 17.6702)
Luminance	0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D955 #8555D9

analogous

#D9C755 #A9D955 #67D955

triadic

#A9D955 #55A9D9 #D955A9

tetradic

#A9D955 #55D9C7 #8555D9 #D95567

square

#A9D955 #55D9C7 #8555D9 #D95567

split-complementary

#A9D955 #5567D9 #C755D9

monochromatic

#699321 #8DC52C #A9D955 #C2E487 #DCEFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#A9D955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#A9D955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D955

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D955	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)

#E4CB46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 217, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.168 126.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e58a',
    500: '#a9d955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d955;
$custom-light: #c6e58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 81.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82526,
    "c": 0.16813,
    "h": 126.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D955

secondary

#5C3A98

accent

#41E67D

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13150C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D955

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

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