#A9E353#A9E353

#A9E353 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.182 H 128.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E353
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 83)
HSL	hsl(84, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 63.4%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.96, -40.05, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.96, 74.06, 122.74°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.1135 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.182 128.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3925, 63.9967, 18.1430)
Luminance	0.6400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E353 #8D53E3

analogous

#E3D553 #A9E353 #61E353

triadic

#A9E353 #53A9E3 #E353A9

tetradic

#A9E353 #53E3D5 #8D53E3 #E35361

square

#A9E353 #53E3D5 #8D53E3 #E35361

split-complementary

#A9E353 #5361E3 #D553E3

monochromatic

#6BA11A #8ED623 #A9E353 #C3EC88 #DEF4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A9E353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.80

#A9E353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E353

13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E353	1.00	1.52	13.80	13.80
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.182 128.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec89',
    500: '#a9e353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e353;
$custom-light: #c6ec89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.167,
    "s": 72,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84811,
    "c": 0.18243,
    "h": 128.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E353

secondary

#6236A4

accent

#11D460

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E353

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

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