#A4E561#A4E561

#A4E561 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.176 H 131.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E561
RGB	rgb(164, 229, 97)
HSL	hsl(90, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(90, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 57.6%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -41.56, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 70.34, 126.22°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.1162 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.176 131.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4863, 64.7929, 21.4167)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E561 #A261E5

analogous

#E5E461 #A4E561 #62E561

triadic

#A4E561 #61A4E5 #E561A4

tetradic

#A4E561 #61E5E4 #A261E5 #E56162

square

#A4E561 #61E5E4 #A261E5 #E56162

split-complementary

#A4E561 #6162E5 #E461E5

monochromatic

#67AF1D #86DC2C #A4E561 #C2EE96 #E1F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A4E561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#A4E561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E561

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E561	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7DCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 229, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.176 131.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2ed92',
    500: '#a4e561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e561;
$custom-light: #c2ed92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85112,
    "c": 0.17637,
    "h": 131.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E561

secondary

#743AB0

accent

#12D471

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF4

border

#D2D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E561

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

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