#A9E35F#A9E35F
#A9E35F is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.173 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9E35F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 227, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 70%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 58%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 58.1%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.07, -39.06, 57.35) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.07, 69.39, 124.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.93% -0.1098 0.1337) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.93% 0.173 129.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.8965, 64.1983, 20.7977) |
| Luminance | 0.6420 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 4.05
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 4.35
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 5.13
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 5.39
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.58
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.66
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9E35F #995FE3
analogous
#E3DB5F #A9E35F #67E35F
triadic
#A9E35F #5FA9E3 #E35FA9
tetradic
#A9E35F #5FE3DB #995FE3 #E35F67
square
#A9E35F #5FE3DB #995FE3 #E35F67
split-complementary
#A9E35F #5F67E3 #DB5FE3
monochromatic
#6CAA1E #8DDA2B #A9E35F #C5EC93 #E1F5C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#A9E35F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.84
#A9E35F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9E35F
13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9E35F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9E35F | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.84 | 13.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#EDD451
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D068
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADDAC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9e35f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.173 129.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ec91',
500: '#a9e35f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9e35f; $custom-light: #c6ec91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9e35f",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 227,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.364,
"s": 70.213,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8493,
"c": 0.17297,
"h": 129.4
},
"luminance": 0.64199
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9E35F
secondary
#6C3BAC
accent
#13D267
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFDF4
border
#D3D5CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83847F