#A9DB42#A9DB42

#A9DB42 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.184 H 126.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DB42
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 66)
HSL	hsl(80, 68%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(80, 70%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 69.9%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -37.65, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 76.28, 119.57°)
OKLab	oklab(82.82% -0.1083 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(82.82% 0.184 126)
XYZ	xyz(42.6773, 59.4908, 14.3876)
Luminance	0.5949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DB42 #7442DB

analogous

#DBC042 #A9DB42 #5CDB42

triadic

#A9DB42 #42A9DB #DB42A9

tetradic

#A9DB42 #42DBC0 #7442DB #DB425C

square

#A9DB42 #42DBC0 #7442DB #DB425C

split-complementary

#A9DB42 #425CDB #C042DB

monochromatic

#64891A #8ABC24 #A9DB42 #C0E575 #D8EFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#A9DB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#A9DB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DB42

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DB42	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9db42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.184 126.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e67f',
    500: '#a9db42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9db42;
$custom-light: #c6e67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9db42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 79.608,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82824,
    "c": 0.18424,
    "h": 126
  },
  "luminance": 0.59491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DB42

secondary

#51338F

accent

#3DEB76

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DB42

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

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