#A9E365#A9E365

#A9E365 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.168 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9E365
RGBrgb(169, 227, 101)
HSLhsl(88, 69%, 64%)
HSVhsv(88, 56%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(25.6%, 0%, 55.5%, 11%)
CIE-LABlab(84.13, -38.51, 54.76)
CIE-LCHlch(84.13, 66.95, 125.12°)
OKLaboklab(85% -0.1078 0.1287)
OKLCHoklch(85% 0.168 129.9)
XYZxyz(46.1798, 64.3117, 22.2898)
Luminance0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9E365 #9F65E3
analogous
#E3DE65 #A9E365 #6AE365
triadic
#A9E365 #65A9E3 #E365A9
tetradic
#A9E365 #65E3DE #9F65E3 #E3656A
square
#A9E365 #65E3DE #9F65E3 #E3656A
split-complementary
#A9E365 #656AE3 #DE65E3
monochromatic
#6CAE20 #8CDA31 #A9E365 #C6EC99 #E3F6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51
#A9E365 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86
#A9E365 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E365
13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9E365#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9E3651.001.5113.8613.86
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.8621.001.001.00
##00000013.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ECD558
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D06D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADDAC7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9e365;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.168 129.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec94',
    500: '#a9e365',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9e365;
$custom-light: #c5ec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9e365",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.619,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84997,
    "c": 0.16785,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9E365
secondary
#723DAF
accent
#14D16B
background
#FDFEFC
surface
#F9FDF4
border
#D2D5CE
text
#13160D
muted
#82847F

Preview Lab

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#A9E365 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva