#A9DC55#A9DC55

#A9DC55 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.172 H 127.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DC55
RGB	rgb(169, 220, 85)
HSL	hsl(83, 66%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 61%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 61.4%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -36.76, 59.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 69.79, 121.79°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.1043 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.172 127.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.5950, 60.2765, 17.9303)
Luminance	0.6028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DC55 #8855DC

analogous

#DCCC55 #A9DC55 #65DC55

triadic

#A9DC55 #55A9DC #DC55A9

tetradic

#A9DC55 #55DCCC #8855DC #DC5565

square

#A9DC55 #55DCCC #8855DC #DC5565

split-complementary

#A9DC55 #5565DC #CC55DC

monochromatic

#6A971F #8ECA2A #A9DC55 #C3E688 #DCF1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#A9DC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#A9DC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DC55

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DC55	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9dc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 220, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.172 127.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e78a',
    500: '#a9dc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9dc55;
$custom-light: #c6e78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9dc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.667,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83216,
    "c": 0.17198,
    "h": 127.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DC55

secondary

#5F399C

accent

#3FE97F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFCF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DC55

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

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