#A9E249#A9E249

#A9E249 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.188 H 127.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E249
RGB	rgb(169, 226, 73)
HSL	hsl(82, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(82, 68%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 0%, 67.7%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -40.32, 65.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 77.20, 121.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.5% -0.1151 0.149)
OKLCH	oklch(84.5% 0.188 127.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7611, 63.3079, 16.1634)
Luminance	0.6331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E249 #8249E2

analogous

#E2CE49 #A9E249 #5CE249

triadic

#A9E249 #49A9E2 #E249A9

tetradic

#A9E249 #49E2CE #8249E2 #E2495C

square

#A9E249 #49E2CE #8249E2 #E2495C

split-complementary

#A9E249 #495CE2 #CE49E2

monochromatic

#699818 #8DCD21 #A9E249 #C2EA7E #DBF3B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#A9E249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#A9E249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E249

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E249	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD332

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFD8C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 226, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.188 127.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6eb84',
    500: '#a9e249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e249;
$custom-light: #c6eb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 82.353,
    "s": 72.512,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84495,
    "c": 0.18824,
    "h": 127.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E249

secondary

#5A339C

accent

#39EF7D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFDF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13160B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E249

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

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