#A3E959#A3E959

#A3E959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.188 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3E959
RGB	rgb(163, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(89, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(89, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(30%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -44.35, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 75.66, 125.89°)
OKLab	oklab(85.9% -0.1245 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(85.9% 0.188 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0458, 66.7842, 19.9138)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3E959 #9F59E9

analogous

#E9E759 #A3E959 #5BE959

triadic

#A3E959 #59A3E9 #E959A3

tetradic

#A3E959 #59E9E7 #9F59E9 #E9595B

square

#A3E959 #59E9E7 #9F59E9 #E9595B

split-complementary

#A3E959 #595BE9 #E759E9

monochromatic

#66B017 #85E223 #A3E959 #C1F08F #DFF7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A3E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#A3E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A3E959

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A3E959	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6E0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.188 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2f08d',
    500: '#a3e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3e959;
$custom-light: #c2f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.167,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85901,
    "c": 0.18846,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3E959

secondary

#7135B1

accent

#0DD970

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3E959

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

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