#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
RGBrgb(169, 217, 85)
HSLhsl(82, 63%, 59%)
HSVhsv(82, 61%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(22.1%, 0%, 60.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(81.14, -35.40, 58.38)
CIE-LCHlch(81.14, 68.28, 121.23°)
OKLaboklab(82.53% -0.1005 0.1348)
OKLCHoklch(82.53% 0.168 126.7)
XYZxyz(42.8147, 58.7160, 17.6702)
Luminance0.5872 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##A9D9551.001.6512.7412.74
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7421.001.001.00
##00000012.7421.001.001.00

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

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#A9D955 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva