#A9E35D#A9E35D
#A9E35D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.175 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9E35D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 227, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 71%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 59%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 59%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.05, -39.24, 58.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.05, 70.19, 123.99°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.91% -0.1104 0.1353) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.91% 0.175 129.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8068, 64.1624, 20.3250) |
| Luminance | 0.6416 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.94
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.21
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 5.19
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 5.43
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.59
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9E35D #975DE3
analogous
#E3DA5D #A9E35D #66E35D
triadic
#A9E35D #5DA9E3 #E35DA9
tetradic
#A9E35D #5DE3DA #975DE3 #E35D66
square
#A9E35D #5DE3DA #975DE3 #E35D66
split-complementary
#A9E35D #5D66E3 #DA5DE3
monochromatic
#6CA81D #8DDA29 #A9E35D #C5EC91 #E0F5C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#A9E35D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.83
#A9E35D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9E35D
13.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9E35D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9E35D | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.83 | 13.83 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.83 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EDD44E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D067
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADDAC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9e35d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.175 129.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ec8f',
500: '#a9e35d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9e35d; $custom-light: #c6ec8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9e35d",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 227,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 85.97,
"s": 70.526,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84909,
"c": 0.17462,
"h": 129.2
},
"luminance": 0.64163
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9E35D
secondary
#6B3AAA
accent
#13D366
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFDF4
border
#D3D5CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83847F