#A9E45A#A9E45A

#A9E45A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.178 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E45A
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 90)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 60.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.31, -39.94, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.31, 71.88, 123.75°)
OKLab	oklab(85.11% -0.1126 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(85.11% 0.178 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.9508, 64.6589, 19.7303)
Luminance	0.6466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E45A #955AE4

analogous

#E4DA5A #A9E45A #64E45A

triadic

#A9E45A #5AA9E4 #E45AA9

tetradic

#A9E45A #5AE4DA #955AE4 #E45A64

square

#A9E45A #5AE4DA #955AE4 #E45A64

split-complementary

#A9E45A #5A64E4 #DA5AE4

monochromatic

#6CA81C #8EDB25 #A9E45A #C4ED8F #E0F5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A9E45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.93

#A9E45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E45A

13.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E45A	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)

#EED54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.178 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec8e',
    500: '#a9e45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e45a;
$custom-light: #c6ec8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.652,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85109,
    "c": 0.17834,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E45A

secondary

#6938AA

accent

#12D465

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E45A

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

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