#A9DB56#A9DB56

#A9DB56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.170 H 127.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DB56
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 86)
HSL	hsl(83, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 60.7%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.71, -36.23, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.71, 68.89, 121.73°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.1027 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.17 127.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.3734, 59.7692, 18.0538)
Luminance	0.5977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DB56 #8856DB

analogous

#DBCA56 #A9DB56 #67DB56

triadic

#A9DB56 #56A9DB #DB56A9

tetradic

#A9DB56 #56DBCA #8856DB #DB5667

square

#A9DB56 #56DBCA #8856DB #DB5667

split-complementary

#A9DB56 #5667DB #CA56DB

monochromatic

#6A9720 #8EC92B #A9DB56 #C3E688 #DCF0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#A9DB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#A9DB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DB56

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DB56	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)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9db56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.170 127.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e68b',
    500: '#a9db56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9db56;
$custom-light: #c6e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9db56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.556,
    "s": 64.878,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82996,
    "c": 0.16991,
    "h": 127.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.5977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DB56

secondary

#5F3A9B

accent

#40E87F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DB56

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

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