#A9E059#A9E059

#A9E059 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.174 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E059
RGB	rgb(169, 224, 89)
HSL	hsl(84, 69%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 60%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 60.3%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.16, -38.24, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.16, 70.24, 122.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.18% -0.108 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(84.18% 0.174 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.8208, 62.4667, 19.1451)
Luminance	0.6247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E059 #9059E0

analogous

#E0D359 #A9E059 #66E059

triadic

#A9E059 #59A9E0 #E059A9

tetradic

#A9E059 #59E0D3 #9059E0 #E05966

square

#A9E059 #59E0D3 #9059E0 #E05966

split-complementary

#A9E059 #5966E0 #D359E0

monochromatic

#6BA11E #8ED428 #A9E059 #C4EA8D #DEF3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#A9E059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.49

#A9E059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E059

13.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E059	1.00	1.56	13.49	13.49
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 224, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.174 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea8d',
    500: '#a9e059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e059;
$custom-light: #c6ea8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.444,
    "s": 68.528,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84177,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E059

secondary

#653AA4

accent

#15D061

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E059

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

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