#A9E372#A9E372

#A9E372 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.156 H 131.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E372
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 114)
HSL	hsl(91, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(91, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 49.8%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -37.18, 48.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 61.46, 127.23°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.1031 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.156 131.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8679, 64.5869, 25.9135)
Luminance	0.6459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 5.16

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E372 #AC72E3

analogous

#E2E372 #A9E372 #72E374

triadic

#A9E372 #72A9E3 #E372A9

tetradic

#A9E372 #72E2E3 #AC72E3 #E37472

square

#A9E372 #72E2E3 #AC72E3 #E37472

split-complementary

#A9E372 #7472E3 #E372E2

monochromatic

#6BB624 #8AD93F #A9E372 #C8EDA5 #E7F7D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A9E372 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#A9E372 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E372

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E372	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E372	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD568

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D179

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDBC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e372;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.156 131.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec9d',
    500: '#a9e372',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e372;
$custom-light: #c5ec9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e372",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.796,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85158,
    "c": 0.15598,
    "h": 131.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E372

secondary

#7E42B7

accent

#17CF75

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E372

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

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