#A9E355#A9E355

#A9E355 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.181 H 128.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E355
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 62.6%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.98, -39.90, 61.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.98, 73.30, 122.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.83% -0.1129 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(84.83% 0.181 128.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4708, 64.0281, 18.5556)
Luminance	0.6403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E355 #8F55E3

analogous

#E3D655 #A9E355 #62E355

triadic

#A9E355 #55A9E3 #E355A9

tetradic

#A9E355 #55E3D6 #8F55E3 #E35562

square

#A9E355 #55E3D6 #8F55E3 #E35562

split-complementary

#A9E355 #5562E3 #D655E3

monochromatic

#6BA31B #8ED723 #A9E355 #C4EC8A #DEF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A9E355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#A9E355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E355

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E355	1.00	1.52	13.81	13.81
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AED9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.181 128.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8b',
    500: '#a9e355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e355;
$custom-light: #c6ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.507,
    "s": 71.717,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8483,
    "c": 0.18094,
    "h": 128.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E355

secondary

#6437A5

accent

#12D461

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E355

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

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