#A9E462#A9E462

#A9E462 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.172 H 129.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E462
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 98)
HSL	hsl(87, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 57%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -39.24, 56.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 68.70, 124.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.19% -0.11 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(85.19% 0.172 129.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.3098, 64.8025, 21.6212)
Luminance	0.6480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E462 #9D62E4

analogous

#E4DE62 #A9E462 #68E462

triadic

#A9E462 #62A9E4 #E462A9

tetradic

#A9E462 #62E4DE #9D62E4 #E46268

square

#A9E462 #62E4DE #9D62E4 #E46268

split-complementary

#A9E462 #6268E4 #DE62E4

monochromatic

#6CAE1E #8CDB2E #A9E462 #C6ED96 #E2F6CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A9E462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#A9E462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E462

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E462	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)

#EED554

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.172 129.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec93',
    500: '#a9e462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e462;
$custom-light: #c6ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.231,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85193,
    "c": 0.17177,
    "h": 129.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.64804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E462

secondary

#703BAF

accent

#13D36A

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E462

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

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