#A9E051#A9E051

#A9E051 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.180 H 127.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E051
RGB	rgb(169, 224, 81)
HSL	hsl(83, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 64%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 63.8%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.09, -38.87, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.09, 73.32, 122.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.1104 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.18 127.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.5030, 62.3395, 17.4711)
Luminance	0.6234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E051 #8851E0

analogous

#E0D051 #A9E051 #62E051

triadic

#A9E051 #51A9E0 #E051A9

tetradic

#A9E051 #51E0D0 #8851E0 #E05162

square

#A9E051 #51E0D0 #8851E0 #E05162

split-complementary

#A9E051 #5162E0 #D051E0

monochromatic

#6A9B1C #8ECF25 #A9E051 #C3E985 #DCF3B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#A9E051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#A9E051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E051

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E051	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)

#EBD13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD6C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 224, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.180 127.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea88',
    500: '#a9e051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e051;
$custom-light: #c6ea88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.077,
    "s": 69.756,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84101,
    "c": 0.18012,
    "h": 127.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E051

secondary

#5F379F

accent

#3BED7F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E051

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

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