#A9E376#A9E376

#A9E376 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.152 H 131.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E376
RGB	rgb(169, 227, 118)
HSL	hsl(92, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(92, 48%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 0%, 48%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.32, -36.74, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.32, 59.73, 127.96°)
OKLab	oklab(85.21% -0.1016 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(85.21% 0.152 131.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.1006, 64.6800, 27.1389)
Luminance	0.6468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 5.10

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 6.06

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E376 #B076E3

analogous

#DFE376 #A9E376 #76E37A

triadic

#A9E376 #76A9E3 #E376A9

tetradic

#A9E376 #76DFE3 #B076E3 #E37A76

square

#A9E376 #76DFE3 #B076E3 #E37A76

split-complementary

#A9E376 #7A76E3 #E376DF

monochromatic

#6BB926 #89D943 #A9E376 #C9EDA9 #E9F8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A9E376 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.94

#A9E376 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E376

13.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E376	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E376	1.00	1.51	13.94	13.94
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD56D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D17D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDBCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e376;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 227, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.152 131.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec9f',
    500: '#a9e376',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e376;
$custom-light: #c5ec9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e376",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 227,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.927,
    "s": 66.061,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85213,
    "c": 0.15213,
    "h": 131.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E376

secondary

#8244B9

accent

#18CE79

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E376

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

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