#A9E072#A9E072

#A9E072 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.152 H 130.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E072
RGB	rgb(169, 224, 114)
HSL	hsl(90, 64%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(90, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 0%, 49.1%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -35.82, 47.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 59.82, 126.79°)
OKLab	oklab(84.47% -0.0994 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(84.47% 0.152 130.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0545, 62.9601, 25.6424)
Luminance	0.6296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E072 #A972E0

analogous

#E0E072 #A9E072 #72E072

triadic

#A9E072 #72A9E0 #E072A9

tetradic

#A9E072 #72E0E0 #A972E0 #E07272

square

#A9E072 #72E0E0 #A972E0 #E07272

split-complementary

#A9E072 #7272E0 #E072E0

monochromatic

#6CB127 #8AD540 #A9E072 #C8EBA4 #E6F6D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#A9E072 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#A9E072 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E072

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E072	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E072	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CE79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACD8C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e072;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 224, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.152 130.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ea9d',
    500: '#a9e072',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e072;
$custom-light: #c5ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e072",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 63.953,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84472,
    "c": 0.15178,
    "h": 130.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E072

secondary

#7B44B2

accent

#1ACC73

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E072

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

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