#A9E461#A9E461

#A9E461 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.173 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E461
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 97)
HSL	hsl(87, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 57.5%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.37, -39.33, 56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.37, 69.10, 124.69°)
OKLab	oklab(85.18% -0.1104 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(85.18% 0.173 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2629, 64.7838, 21.3740)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E461 #9C61E4

analogous

#E4DD61 #A9E461 #67E461

triadic

#A9E461 #61A9E4 #E461A9

tetradic

#A9E461 #61E4DD #9C61E4 #E46167

square

#A9E461 #61E4DD #9C61E4 #E46167

split-complementary

#A9E461 #6167E4 #DD61E4

monochromatic

#6CAD1E #8DDB2D #A9E461 #C5ED95 #E2F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A9E461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#A9E461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E461

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E461	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.173 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec92',
    500: '#a9e461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e461;
$custom-light: #c6ec92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.023,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85182,
    "c": 0.17262,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E461

secondary

#6F3BAE

accent

#13D369

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E461

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

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