#A9E356#A9E356

#A9E356 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.180 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E356
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 62.1%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.99, -39.82, 61.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.99, 72.92, 123.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.1126 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.18 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5108, 64.0441, 18.7663)
Luminance	0.6404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E356 #9056E3

analogous

#E3D756 #A9E356 #63E356

triadic

#A9E356 #56A9E3 #E356A9

tetradic

#A9E356 #56E3D7 #9056E3 #E35663

square

#A9E356 #56E3D7 #9056E3 #E35663

split-complementary

#A9E356 #5663E3 #D756E3

monochromatic

#6BA41B #8ED824 #A9E356 #C4EC8B #DEF4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A9E356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#A9E356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E356

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E356	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)

#EDD445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.180 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8b',
    500: '#a9e356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e356;
$custom-light: #c6ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.681,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84839,
    "c": 0.18017,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E356

secondary

#6537A6

accent

#12D462

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E356

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

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