#A9E157#A9E157

#A9E157 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.177 H 128.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E157
RGB	rgb(169, 225, 87)
HSL	hsl(84, 70%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 61%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 61.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -38.85, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 71.53, 122.90°)
OKLab	oklab(84.39% -0.1099 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.39% 0.177 128.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0075, 62.9726, 18.7987)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E157 #8F57E1

analogous

#E1D457 #A9E157 #64E157

triadic

#A9E157 #57A9E1 #E157A9

tetradic

#A9E157 #57E1D4 #8F57E1 #E15764

square

#A9E157 #57E1D4 #8F57E1 #E15764

split-complementary

#A9E157 #5764E1 #D457E1

monochromatic

#6BA11D #8ED526 #A9E157 #C4EA8B #DEF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A9E157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#A9E157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E157

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E157	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	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)

#EBD247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 225, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.177 128.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ea8c',
    500: '#a9e157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e157;
$custom-light: #c6ea8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.348,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84388,
    "c": 0.17684,
    "h": 128.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E157

secondary

#6438A4

accent

#14D261

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E157

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

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