#A9D960#A9D960

#A9D960 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.159 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D960
RGB	rgb(169, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(84, 61%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 56%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 55.8%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.24, -34.45, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.24, 63.78, 122.69°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% -0.0969 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.159 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.2862, 58.9045, 20.1532)
Luminance	0.5890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D960 #9060D9

analogous

#D9CD60 #A9D960 #6DD960

triadic

#A9D960 #60A9D9 #D960A9

tetradic

#A9D960 #60D9CD #9060D9 #D9606D

square

#A9D960 #60D9CD #9060D9 #D9606D

split-complementary

#A9D960 #606DD9 #CD60D9

monochromatic

#6B9A25 #8ECB31 #A9D960 #C4E591 #DEF1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#A9D960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#A9D960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D960

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D960	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC968

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.159 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e591',
    500: '#a9d960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d960;
$custom-light: #c5e591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.802,
    "s": 61.421,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82643,
    "c": 0.15886,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D960

secondary

#653F9E

accent

#1CC961

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13150D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D960

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

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