#A9E357#A9E357

#A9E357 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.179 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E357
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 87)
HSL	hsl(85, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.00, -39.74, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.00, 72.54, 123.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.1123 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.179 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5514, 64.0603, 18.9799)
Luminance	0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E357 #9157E3

analogous

#E3D757 #A9E357 #63E357

triadic

#A9E357 #57A9E3 #E357A9

tetradic

#A9E357 #57E3D7 #9157E3 #E35763

square

#A9E357 #57E3D7 #9157E3 #E35763

split-complementary

#A9E357 #5763E3 #D757E3

monochromatic

#6CA41B #8ED924 #A9E357 #C4EC8B #DFF4C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A9E357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.81

#A9E357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E357

13.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E357	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)

#EDD446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.179 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8c',
    500: '#a9e357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e357;
$custom-light: #c6ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84849,
    "c": 0.1794,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E357

secondary

#6638A7

accent

#12D362

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E357

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

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