#A9E359#A9E359

#A9E359 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.178 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9E359
RGBrgb(169, 227, 89)
HSLhsl(85, 71%, 62%)
HSVhsv(85, 61%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(25.6%, 0%, 60.8%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(84.01, -39.58, 59.87)
CIE-LCHlch(84.01, 71.77, 123.47°)
OKLaboklab(84.87% -0.1117 0.1384)
OKLCHoklch(84.87% 0.178 128.9)
XYZxyz(45.6342, 64.0934, 19.4162)
Luminance0.6409 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9E359 #9359E3
analogous
#E3D859 #A9E359 #64E359
triadic
#A9E359 #59A9E3 #E359A9
tetradic
#A9E359 #59E3D8 #9359E3 #E35964
square
#A9E359 #59E3D8 #9359E3 #E35964
split-complementary
#A9E359 #5964E3 #D859E3
monochromatic
#6CA61C #8EDA25 #A9E359 #C4EC8D #DFF5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52
#A9E359 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82
#A9E359 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E359
13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9E359#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9E3591.001.5213.8213.82
#FFFFFF1.521.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8221.001.001.00
##00000013.8221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EDD449
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D063
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEDAC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9e359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.178 128.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8d',
    500: '#a9e359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9e359;
$custom-light: #c6ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9e359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.217,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84868,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9E359
secondary
#6738A8
accent
#12D363
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFDF4
border
#D3D5CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E359

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#A9E359 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva