#A9E552#A9E552

#A9E552 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.186 H 128.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E552
RGB	rgb(169, 229, 82)
HSL	hsl(84, 74%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(84, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 64.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.53, -41.01, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.53, 75.43, 122.94°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.1162 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.186 128.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9043, 65.0818, 18.1245)
Luminance	0.6508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E552 #8E52E5

analogous

#E5D752 #A9E552 #5FE552

triadic

#A9E552 #52A9E5 #E552A9

tetradic

#A9E552 #52E5D7 #8E52E5 #E5525F

square

#A9E552 #52E5D7 #8E52E5 #E5525F

split-complementary

#A9E552 #525FE5 #D752E5

monochromatic

#6BA419 #8ED921 #A9E552 #C3ED87 #DEF5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#A9E552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#A9E552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E552

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E552	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDBC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 229, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.186 128.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ed89',
    500: '#a9e552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e552;
$custom-light: #c6ed89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.49,
    "s": 73.869,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85264,
    "c": 0.18569,
    "h": 128.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E552

secondary

#6335A6

accent

#10D661

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E552

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

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