#A9E464#A9E464

#A9E464 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.170 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E464
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 100)
HSL	hsl(88, 70%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 56%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 56.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -39.05, 55.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 67.88, 125.12°)
OKLab	oklab(85.22% -0.1093 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(85.22% 0.17 130)
XYZ	xyz(46.4054, 64.8408, 22.1247)
Luminance	0.6484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E464 #9F64E4

analogous

#E4DF64 #A9E464 #69E464

triadic

#A9E464 #64A9E4 #E464A9

tetradic

#A9E464 #64E4DF #9F64E4 #E46469

square

#A9E464 #64E4DF #9F64E4 #E46469

split-complementary

#A9E464 #6469E4 #DF64E4

monochromatic

#6CAF1F #8CDB30 #A9E464 #C6ED98 #E3F6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A9E464 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#A9E464 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E464

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E464	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E464	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED557

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDBC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e464;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.170 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec94',
    500: '#a9e464',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e464;
$custom-light: #c5ec94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e464",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.656,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85215,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.64842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E464

secondary

#723CB0

accent

#13D26B

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF4

border

#D2D5CE

text

#13160D

muted

#82847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E464

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

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