#A9E459#A9E459

#A9E459 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.179 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E459
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 89)
HSL	hsl(85, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 61%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.30, -40.02, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.30, 72.27, 123.62°)
OKLab	oklab(85.1% -0.1129 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(85.1% 0.179 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9085, 64.6420, 19.5077)
Luminance	0.6464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E459 #9459E4

analogous

#E4DA59 #A9E459 #63E459

triadic

#A9E459 #59A9E4 #E459A9

tetradic

#A9E459 #59E4DA #9459E4 #E45963

square

#A9E459 #59E4DA #9459E4 #E45963

split-complementary

#A9E459 #5963E4 #DA59E4

monochromatic

#6CA71B #8EDB24 #A9E459 #C4ED8E #E0F5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A9E459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#A9E459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E459

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E459	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)

#EED549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.179 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8d',
    500: '#a9e459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e459;
$custom-light: #c6ec8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.468,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85099,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.64643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E459

secondary

#6838A9

accent

#11D464

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E459

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

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