#A4E159#A4E159

#A4E159 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.178 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E159
RGB	rgb(164, 225, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 69%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.1%, 0%, 60.4%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -40.51, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 71.44, 124.55°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.114 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.178 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.0379, 62.4631, 19.1856)
Luminance	0.6246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E159 #9659E1

analogous

#E1DA59 #A4E159 #60E159

triadic

#A4E159 #59A4E1 #E159A4

tetradic

#A4E159 #59E1DA #9659E1 #E15960

square

#A4E159 #59E1DA #9659E1 #E15960

split-complementary

#A4E159 #5960E1 #DA59E1

monochromatic

#67A21D #87D627 #A4E159 #C0EA8D #DDF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#A4E159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#A4E159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E159

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E159	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8D8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 225, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.178 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ea8d',
    500: '#a4e159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e159;
$custom-light: #c2ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.912,
    "s": 69.388,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.841,
    "c": 0.17765,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E159

secondary

#6A39A5

accent

#14D169

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E159

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

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