#A9DB57#A9DB57

#A9DB57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.169 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DB57
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 87)
HSL	hsl(83, 65%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 60.3%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -36.15, 58.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 68.49, 121.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.1024 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.169 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.4140, 59.7854, 18.2675)
Luminance	0.5979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DB57 #8957DB

analogous

#DBCB57 #A9DB57 #67DB57

triadic

#A9DB57 #57A9DB #DB57A9

tetradic

#A9DB57 #57DBCB #8957DB #DB5767

square

#A9DB57 #57DBCB #8957DB #DB5767

split-complementary

#A9DB57 #5767DB #CB57DB

monochromatic

#6A9720 #8ECA2B #A9DB57 #C3E689 #DDF1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#A9DB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#A9DB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DB57

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DB57	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9db57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.169 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e68b',
    500: '#a9db57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9db57;
$custom-light: #c6e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9db57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83006,
    "c": 0.1691,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DB57

secondary

#5F3B9C

accent

#40E880

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DB57

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

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