#A9E368#A9E368

#A9E368 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.644; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.165 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E368
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 104)
HSL	hsl(88, 69%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 54%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 54.2%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.16, -38.22, 53.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.16, 65.70, 125.57°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.1067 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.165 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3295, 64.3715, 23.0780)
Luminance	0.6437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi Green

#8EE53F

ΔE00 4.69

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E368 #A268E3

analogous

#E3E068 #A9E368 #6BE368

triadic

#A9E368 #68A9E3 #E368A9

tetradic

#A9E368 #68E3E0 #A268E3 #E3686B

square

#A9E368 #68E3E0 #A268E3 #E3686B

split-complementary

#A9E368 #686BE3 #E068E3

monochromatic

#6CB021 #8CD934 #A9E368 #C6ED9C #E4F6CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A9E368 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.87

#A9E368 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E368

13.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E368	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E368	1.00	1.51	13.87	13.87
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D170

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDAC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e368;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.165 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec96',
    500: '#a9e368',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e368;
$custom-light: #c5ec96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e368",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.293,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85032,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E368

secondary

#743EB1

accent

#15D16D

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E368

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

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