#A4E979#A4E979

#A4E979 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.160 H 134.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4E979
RGB	rgb(164, 233, 121)
HSL	hsl(97, 72%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(97, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.6%, 0%, 48.1%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -40.82, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 62.55, 130.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.34% -0.1125 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(86.34% 0.16 134.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8989, 67.5491, 28.6000)
Luminance	0.6755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4E979 #BE79E9

analogous

#DCE979 #A4E979 #79E986

triadic

#A4E979 #79A4E9 #E979A4

tetradic

#A4E979 #79DCE9 #BE79E9 #E98679

square

#A4E979 #79DCE9 #BE79E9 #E98679

split-complementary

#A4E979 #8679E9 #E979DC

monochromatic

#61C721 #80E044 #A4E979 #C8F2AE #EBFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#A4E979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#A4E979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A4E979

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4E979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A4E979	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A4E2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4e979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 233, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.160 134.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2f0a2',
    500: '#a4e979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4e979;
$custom-light: #c2f0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4e979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 96.964,
    "s": 71.795,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86336,
    "c": 0.16024,
    "h": 134.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4E979

secondary

#9245C1

accent

#12D489

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4E979

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

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