#A9E474#A9E474

#A9E474 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.155 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E474
RGB	rgb(169, 228, 116)
HSL	hsl(92, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(92, 49%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 0%, 49.1%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -37.41, 48.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 61.15, 127.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.41% -0.1036 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(85.41% 0.155 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2573, 65.1815, 26.6111)
Luminance	0.6518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.94

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E474 #AF74E4

analogous

#E1E474 #A9E474 #74E477

triadic

#A9E474 #74A9E4 #E474A9

tetradic

#A9E474 #74E1E4 #AF74E4 #E47774

square

#A9E474 #74E1E4 #AF74E4 #E47774

split-complementary

#A9E474 #7774E4 #E474E1

monochromatic

#6BBA24 #89DA41 #A9E474 #C9EEA7 #E8F8DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A9E474 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#A9E474 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E474

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E474	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E474	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDCCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e474;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 228, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.155 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ec9e',
    500: '#a9e474',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e474;
$custom-light: #c5ec9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e474",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 228,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 91.607,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85414,
    "c": 0.15547,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E474

secondary

#8143BA

accent

#16CF78

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FDF5

border

#D2D5CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828480

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E474

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

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