#A9E160#A9E160

#A9E160 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.170 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E160
RGB	rgb(169, 225, 96)
HSL	hsl(86, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 57.3%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.51, -38.08, 56.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.51, 67.95, 124.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.48% -0.107 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(84.48% 0.17 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.3984, 63.1290, 20.8573)
Luminance	0.6313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E160 #9860E1

analogous

#E1D960 #A9E160 #68E160

triadic

#A9E160 #60A9E1 #E160A9

tetradic

#A9E160 #60E1D9 #9860E1 #E16068

square

#A9E160 #60E1D9 #9860E1 #E16068

split-complementary

#A9E160 #6068E1 #D960E1

monochromatic

#6CA720 #8DD72D #A9E160 #C5EB93 #E1F4C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A9E160 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#A9E160 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E160

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E160	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E160	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e160;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 225, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.170 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ea91',
    500: '#a9e160',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e160;
$custom-light: #c5ea91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e160",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.047,
    "s": 68.254,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84481,
    "c": 0.1695,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E160

secondary

#6B3CA9

accent

#15D066

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E160

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

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