#A9E456#A9E456

#A9E456 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.181 H 128.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9E456
RGBrgb(169, 228, 86)
HSLhsl(85, 72%, 62%)
HSVhsv(85, 62%, 89%)
CMYKcmyk(25.9%, 0%, 62.3%, 10.6%)
CIE-LABlab(84.27, -40.26, 61.40)
CIE-LCHlch(84.27, 73.43, 123.25°)
OKLaboklab(85.07% -0.1138 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(85.07% 0.181 128.9)
XYZxyz(45.7851, 64.5927, 18.8577)
Luminance0.6459 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9E456 #9156E4
analogous
#E4D856 #A9E456 #62E456
triadic
#A9E456 #56A9E4 #E456A9
tetradic
#A9E456 #56E4D8 #9156E4 #E45662
square
#A9E456 #56E4D8 #9156E4 #E45662
split-complementary
#A9E456 #5662E4 #D856E4
monochromatic
#6CA51A #8EDA23 #A9E456 #C4EC8B #DFF5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51
#A9E456 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92
#A9E456 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E456
13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9E456#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9E4561.001.5113.9213.92
#FFFFFF1.511.0021.0021.00
#00000013.9221.001.001.00
##00000013.9221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#EED545
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E6D161
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AEDBC6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9e456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.181 128.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8b',
    500: '#a9e456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9e456;
$custom-light: #c6ec8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9e456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.93,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8507,
    "c": 0.18145,
    "h": 128.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9E456
secondary
#6637A7
accent
#11D562
background
#FEFEFC
surface
#FAFDF4
border
#D3D5CE
text
#13160C
muted
#83847F

Preview Lab

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#A9E456 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva