#A9E45E#A9E45E

#A9E45E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.647; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.175 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E45E
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 94)
HSL	hsl(86, 71%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 59%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 58.8%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.34, -39.60, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.34, 70.31, 124.28°)
OKLab	oklab(85.15% -0.1113 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(85.15% 0.175 129.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1257, 64.7289, 20.6512)
Luminance	0.6473 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E45E #995EE4

analogous

#E4DC5E #A9E45E #66E45E

triadic

#A9E45E #5EA9E4 #E45EA9

tetradic

#A9E45E #5EE4DC #995EE4 #E45E66

square

#A9E45E #5EE4DC #995EE4 #E45E66

split-complementary

#A9E45E #5E66E4 #DC5EE4

monochromatic

#6CAB1D #8DDB2A #A9E45E #C5ED92 #E1F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#A9E45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.95

#A9E45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E45E

13.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E45E	1.00	1.51	13.95	13.95
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.175 129.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec90',
    500: '#a9e45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e45e;
$custom-light: #c6ec90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.418,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8515,
    "c": 0.17511,
    "h": 129.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E45E

secondary

#6C3AAD

accent

#12D367

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FAFDF4

border

#D3D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E45E

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

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