#A9DB55#A9DB55

#A9DB55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.171 H 127.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DB55
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 85)
HSL	hsl(82, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(82, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 61.2%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -36.31, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 69.29, 121.61°)
OKLab	oklab(82.99% -0.103 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.99% 0.171 127.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.3334, 59.7532, 17.8431)
Luminance	0.5975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DB55 #8755DB

analogous

#DBCA55 #A9DB55 #66DB55

triadic

#A9DB55 #55A9DB #DB55A9

tetradic

#A9DB55 #55DBCA #8755DB #DB5566

square

#A9DB55 #55DBCA #8755DB #DB5566

split-complementary

#A9DB55 #5566DB #CA55DB

monochromatic

#6A9620 #8DC82A #A9DB55 #C3E688 #DCF0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#A9DB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#A9DB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DB55

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DB55	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CD45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9db55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.171 127.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e68a',
    500: '#a9db55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9db55;
$custom-light: #c6e68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9db55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.388,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82986,
    "c": 0.1707,
    "h": 127.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DB55

secondary

#5E3A9A

accent

#40E87F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DB55

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

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