#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
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 101)
HSL	hsl(88, 69%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 55.5%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, -38.51, 54.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 66.95, 125.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85% -0.1078 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(85% 0.168 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.1798, 64.3117, 22.2898)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##A9E365	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A9E365

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

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