#A9DB59#A9DB59

#A9DB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.167 H 127.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DB59
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 64%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 59%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 59.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -35.98, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 67.69, 122.11°)
OKLab	oklab(83.03% -0.1018 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.03% 0.167 127.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4968, 59.8186, 18.7038)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DB59 #8B59DB

analogous

#DBCC59 #A9DB59 #68DB59

triadic

#A9DB59 #59A9DB #DB59A9

tetradic

#A9DB59 #59DBCC #8B59DB #DB5968

square

#A9DB59 #59DBCC #8B59DB #DB5968

split-complementary

#A9DB59 #5968DB #CC59DB

monochromatic

#6B9921 #8ECB2C #A9DB59 #C3E68B #DDF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#A9DB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#A9DB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DB59

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DB59	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)

#E5CD4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9db59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.167 127.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5e68c',
    500: '#a9db59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9db59;
$custom-light: #c5e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9db59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 64.356,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83026,
    "c": 0.16747,
    "h": 127.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DB59

secondary

#613B9D

accent

#19CC5E

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DB59

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

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