#A9E253#A9E253

#A9E253 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.181 H 128.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E253
RGB	rgb(169, 226, 83)
HSL	hsl(84, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.68, -39.61, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.68, 73.56, 122.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.1123 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.181 128.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1198, 63.4513, 18.0521)
Luminance	0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E253 #8C53E2

analogous

#E2D353 #A9E253 #61E253

triadic

#A9E253 #53A9E2 #E253A9

tetradic

#A9E253 #53E2D3 #8C53E2 #E25361

square

#A9E253 #53E2D3 #8C53E2 #E25361

split-complementary

#A9E253 #5361E2 #D353E2

monochromatic

#6BA01B #8ED424 #A9E253 #C3EB87 #DDF4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#A9E253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.69

#A9E253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E253

13.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E253	1.00	1.53	13.69	13.69
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED8C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 226, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.181 128.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6eb89',
    500: '#a9e253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e253;
$custom-light: #c6eb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.916,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84581,
    "c": 0.18117,
    "h": 128.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E253

secondary

#6237A3

accent

#12D35F

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E253

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

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