#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
RGBrgb(169, 227, 87)
HSLhsl(85, 71%, 62%)
HSVhsv(85, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(25.6%, 0%, 61.7%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(84.00, -39.74, 60.69)
CIE-LCHlch(84.00, 72.54, 123.22°)
OKLaboklab(84.85% -0.1123 0.1399)
OKLCHoklch(84.85% 0.179 128.8)
XYZxyz(45.5514, 64.0603, 18.9799)
Luminance0.6406 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9E3571.001.5213.8113.81
#FFFFFF1.521.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8121.001.001.00
##00000013.8121.001.001.00

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

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#A9E357 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva