#A4E259#A4E259

#A4E259 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.179 H 130.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E259
RGB	rgb(164, 226, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 70%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(87, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.45, -40.95, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.45, 71.95, 124.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% -0.1152 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.179 130.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.3090, 63.0053, 19.2760)
Luminance	0.6301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E259 #9759E2

analogous

#E2DB59 #A4E259 #60E259

triadic

#A4E259 #59A4E2 #E259A4

tetradic

#A4E259 #59E2DB #9759E2 #E25960

square

#A4E259 #59E2DB #9759E2 #E25960

split-complementary

#A4E259 #5960E2 #DB59E2

monochromatic

#67A41D #87D826 #A4E259 #C1EB8D #DDF4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A4E259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.60

#A4E259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E259

13.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E259	1.00	1.54	13.60	13.60
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8D9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 226, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.179 130.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2eb8d',
    500: '#a4e259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e259;
$custom-light: #c2eb8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.153,
    "s": 70.256,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84332,
    "c": 0.17895,
    "h": 130.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E259

secondary

#6A39A6

accent

#13D26A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E259

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

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