#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
RGBrgb(169, 226, 83)
HSLhsl(84, 71%, 61%)
HSVhsv(84, 63%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(25.2%, 0%, 63.3%, 11.4%)
CIE-LABlab(83.68, -39.61, 61.99)
CIE-LCHlch(83.68, 73.56, 122.58°)
OKLaboklab(84.58% -0.1123 0.1422)
OKLCHoklch(84.58% 0.181 128.3)
XYZxyz(45.1198, 63.4513, 18.0521)
Luminance0.6345 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9E2531.001.5313.6913.69
#FFFFFF1.531.0021.0021.00
#00000013.6921.001.001.00
##00000013.6921.001.001.00

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

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#A9E253 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva