#A9DB49#A9DB49

#A9DB49 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.180 H 126.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DB49
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 73)
HSL	hsl(81, 67%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(81, 67%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 66.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.61, -37.20, 63.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.61, 73.82, 120.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.88% -0.1065 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(82.88% 0.18 126.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.8964, 59.5784, 15.5418)
Luminance	0.5958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DB49 #7B49DB

analogous

#DBC449 #A9DB49 #60DB49

triadic

#A9DB49 #49A9DB #DB49A9

tetradic

#A9DB49 #49DBC4 #7B49DB #DB4960

square

#A9DB49 #49DBC4 #7B49DB #DB4960

split-complementary

#A9DB49 #4960DB #C449DB

monochromatic

#678E1C #8CC126 #A9DB49 #C1E57C #D9EFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#A9DB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#A9DB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DB49

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DB49	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9db49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.180 126.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e683',
    500: '#a9db49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9db49;
$custom-light: #c6e683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9db49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 80.548,
    "s": 66.972,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82878,
    "c": 0.17961,
    "h": 126.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DB49

secondary

#553593

accent

#3EEA79

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DB49

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

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