#A9E056#A9E056

#A9E056 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.176 H 128.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9E056
RGBrgb(169, 224, 86)
HSLhsl(84, 69%, 61%)
HSVhsv(84, 62%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(24.6%, 0%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(83.13, -38.48, 60.16)
CIE-LCHlch(83.13, 71.41, 122.61°)
OKLaboklab(84.15% -0.1089 0.1387)
OKLCHoklch(84.15% 0.176 128.2)
XYZxyz(44.6974, 62.4173, 18.4951)
Luminance0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9E056 #8D56E0
analogous
#E0D256 #A9E056 #64E056
triadic
#A9E056 #56A9E0 #E056A9
tetradic
#A9E056 #56E0D2 #8D56E0 #E05664
square
#A9E056 #56E0D2 #8D56E0 #E05664
split-complementary
#A9E056 #5664E0 #D256E0
monochromatic
#6B9F1D #8ED227 #A9E056 #C3E98A #DEF3BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56
#A9E056 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.48
#A9E056 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E056
13.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9E056#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9E0561.001.5613.4813.48
#FFFFFF1.561.0021.0021.00
#00000013.4821.001.001.00
##00000013.4821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EAD146
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AED7C3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9e056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 224, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.176 128.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea8b',
    500: '#a9e056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9e056;
$custom-light: #c6ea8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9e056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.913,
    "s": 69,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84147,
    "c": 0.17633,
    "h": 128.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9E056
secondary
#6238A2
accent
#15D160
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFDF4
border
#D3D5CE
text
#13160C
muted
#83847F

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#A9E056 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva