#A9E161#A9E161

#A9E161 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.169 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E161
RGB	rgb(169, 225, 97)
HSL	hsl(86, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 0%, 56.9%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.52, -37.99, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.52, 67.54, 124.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.49% -0.1066 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(84.49% 0.169 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4448, 63.1475, 21.1013)
Luminance	0.6315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E161 #9961E1

analogous

#E1D961 #A9E161 #69E161

triadic

#A9E161 #61A9E1 #E161A9

tetradic

#A9E161 #61E1D9 #9961E1 #E16169

square

#A9E161 #61E1D9 #9961E1 #E16169

split-complementary

#A9E161 #6169E1 #D961E1

monochromatic

#6CA820 #8DD72E #A9E161 #C5EB94 #E1F5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A9E161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#A9E161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E161

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E161	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)

#EBD354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADD8C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 225, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.169 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ea92',
    500: '#a9e161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e161;
$custom-light: #c5ea92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.25,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84492,
    "c": 0.16864,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E161

secondary

#6C3CAA

accent

#15D067

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E161

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

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