#A9E458#A9E458

#A9E458 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.180 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E458
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 88)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 61.4%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -40.10, 60.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 72.66, 123.50°)
OKLab	oklab(85.09% -0.1132 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(85.09% 0.18 129)
XYZ	xyz(45.8668, 64.6253, 19.2880)
Luminance	0.6463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E458 #9358E4

analogous

#E4D958 #A9E458 #63E458

triadic

#A9E458 #58A9E4 #E458A9

tetradic

#A9E458 #58E4D9 #9358E4 #E45863

square

#A9E458 #58E4D9 #9358E4 #E45863

split-complementary

#A9E458 #5863E4 #D958E4

monochromatic

#6CA71B #8EDB23 #A9E458 #C4ED8D #DFF5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A9E458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#A9E458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E458

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E458	1.00	1.51	13.93	13.93
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDBC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.180 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8d',
    500: '#a9e458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e458;
$custom-light: #c6ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.286,
    "s": 72.165,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85089,
    "c": 0.17991,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.64626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E458

secondary

#6737A9

accent

#11D463

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E458

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

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