#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
RGB	rgb(169, 224, 86)
HSL	hsl(84, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 62%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 61.6%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.13, -38.48, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.13, 71.41, 122.61°)
OKLab	oklab(84.15% -0.1089 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(84.15% 0.176 128.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6974, 62.4173, 18.4951)
Luminance	0.6242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A9E056	1.00	1.56	13.48	13.48
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E056

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

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