#A9E050#A9E050

#A9E050 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.181 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E050
RGB	rgb(169, 224, 80)
HSL	hsl(83, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 64.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -38.94, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 73.70, 121.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.1107 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.181 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4658, 62.3246, 17.2750)
Luminance	0.6233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E050 #8750E0

analogous

#E0CF50 #A9E050 #61E050

triadic

#A9E050 #50A9E0 #E050A9

tetradic

#A9E050 #50E0CF #8750E0 #E05061

square

#A9E050 #50E0CF #8750E0 #E05061

split-complementary

#A9E050 #5061E0 #CF50E0

monochromatic

#6A9A1B #8DCE25 #A9E050 #C3E984 #DCF2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#A9E050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#A9E050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E050

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E050	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD13D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 224, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.181 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea88',
    500: '#a9e050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e050;
$custom-light: #c6ea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.917,
    "s": 69.903,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84092,
    "c": 0.18086,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E050

secondary

#5E369E

accent

#3BED7F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E050

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

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