#A9E463#A9E463

#A9E463 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.171 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E463
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 99)
HSL	hsl(87, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 56.6%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -39.15, 55.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 68.29, 124.97°)
OKLab	oklab(85.2% -0.1097 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(85.2% 0.171 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3573, 64.8215, 21.8714)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E463 #9E63E4

analogous

#E4DF63 #A9E463 #69E463

triadic

#A9E463 #63A9E4 #E463A9

tetradic

#A9E463 #63E4DF #9E63E4 #E46369

square

#A9E463 #63E4DF #9E63E4 #E46369

split-complementary

#A9E463 #6369E4 #DF63E4

monochromatic

#6CAE1E #8CDB2F #A9E463 #C6ED97 #E3F6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A9E463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#A9E463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E463

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E463	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)

#EED556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.171 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ec93',
    500: '#a9e463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e463;
$custom-light: #c6ec93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.442,
    "s": 70.492,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85204,
    "c": 0.17091,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.64823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E463

secondary

#713CB0

accent

#13D36B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E463

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

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