#A9DB53#A9DB53

#A9DB53 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.172 H 127.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DB53
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 83)
HSL	hsl(82, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 62.1%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -36.47, 59.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 70.07, 121.36°)
OKLab	oklab(82.97% -0.1036 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(82.97% 0.172 127)
XYZ	xyz(43.2550, 59.7219, 17.4305)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DB53 #8553DB

analogous

#DBC953 #A9DB53 #65DB53

triadic

#A9DB53 #53A9DB #DB53A9

tetradic

#A9DB53 #53DBC9 #8553DB #DB5365

square

#A9DB53 #53DBC9 #8553DB #DB5365

split-complementary

#A9DB53 #5365DB #C953DB

monochromatic

#69951F #8DC72A #A9DB53 #C2E686 #DCF0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#A9DB53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#A9DB53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DB53

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DB53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DB53	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9db53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.172 127.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e689',
    500: '#a9db53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9db53;
$custom-light: #c6e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9db53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.059,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82967,
    "c": 0.17227,
    "h": 127
  },
  "luminance": 0.59723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DB53

secondary

#5C3999

accent

#3FE87E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DB53

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

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