#A9E053#A9E053

#A9E053 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.179 H 127.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E053
RGB	rgb(169, 224, 83)
HSL	hsl(83, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(83, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 62.9%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, -38.72, 61.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 72.57, 122.25°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.1098 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.179 127.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5791, 62.3700, 17.8719)
Luminance	0.6237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

#A9F971

ΔE00 6.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E053 #8A53E0

analogous

#E0D053 #A9E053 #63E053

triadic

#A9E053 #53A9E0 #E053A9

tetradic

#A9E053 #53E0D0 #8A53E0 #E05363

square

#A9E053 #53E0D0 #8A53E0 #E05363

split-complementary

#A9E053 #5363E0 #D053E0

monochromatic

#6A9C1C #8ED026 #A9E053 #C3E987 #DDF3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#A9E053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#A9E053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E053

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E053	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)

#EBD141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED6C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 224, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.179 127.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea89',
    500: '#a9e053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e053;
$custom-light: #c6ea89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.404,
    "s": 69.458,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84119,
    "c": 0.17864,
    "h": 127.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E053

secondary

#6037A0

accent

#14D15E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E053

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

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