#A9E358#A9E358

#A9E358 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.179 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E358
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 88)
HSL	hsl(85, 71%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 61.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -39.66, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 72.15, 123.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.112 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.179 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.5925, 64.0767, 19.1966)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E358 #9258E3

analogous

#E3D858 #A9E358 #64E358

triadic

#A9E358 #58A9E3 #E358A9

tetradic

#A9E358 #58E3D8 #9258E3 #E35864

square

#A9E358 #58E3D8 #9258E3 #E35864

split-complementary

#A9E358 #5864E3 #D858E3

monochromatic

#6CA51C #8ED924 #A9E358 #C4EC8C #DFF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#A9E358 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#A9E358 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E358

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E358	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E358	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D062

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDAC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e358;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.179 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8c',
    500: '#a9e358',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e358;
$custom-light: #c6ec8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e358",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.036,
    "s": 71.282,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84859,
    "c": 0.17862,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E358

secondary

#6638A7

accent

#12D363

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E358

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

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