#A9DC59#A9DC59

#A9DC59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.169 H 127.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DC59
RGB	rgb(169, 220, 89)
HSL	hsl(83, 65%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(83, 60%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.2%, 0%, 59.5%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, -36.44, 57.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 68.20, 122.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.26% -0.103 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(83.26% 0.169 127.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.7585, 60.3419, 18.7910)
Luminance	0.6034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DC59 #8C59DC

analogous

#DCCE59 #A9DC59 #67DC59

triadic

#A9DC59 #59A9DC #DC59A9

tetradic

#A9DC59 #59DCCE #8C59DC #DC5967

square

#A9DC59 #59DCCE #8C59DC #DC5967

split-complementary

#A9DC59 #5967DC #CE59DC

monochromatic

#6B9A20 #8ECD2B #A9DC59 #C3E78C #DDF1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#A9DC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#A9DC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DC59

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DC59	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9dc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 220, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.169 127.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e78d',
    500: '#a9dc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9dc59;
$custom-light: #c6e78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9dc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.359,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83256,
    "c": 0.16877,
    "h": 127.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DC59

secondary

#623B9E

accent

#18CD5F

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FCF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DC59

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

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