#A9E55D#A9E55D

#A9E55D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.177 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E55D
RGB	rgb(169, 229, 93)
HSL	hsl(86, 72%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 59.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.62, -40.13, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.62, 71.22, 124.29°)
OKLab	oklab(85.37% -0.1129 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(85.37% 0.177 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3570, 65.2628, 20.5084)
Luminance	0.6526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E55D #995DE5

analogous

#E5DD5D #A9E55D #65E55D

triadic

#A9E55D #5DA9E5 #E55DA9

tetradic

#A9E55D #5DE5DD #995DE5 #E55D65

square

#A9E55D #5DE5DD #995DE5 #E55D65

split-complementary

#A9E55D #5D65E5 #DD5DE5

monochromatic

#6CAC1C #8DDD28 #A9E55D #C5ED92 #E1F6C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9E55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#A9E55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E55D

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E55D	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D267

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 229, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.177 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ed90',
    500: '#a9e55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e55d;
$custom-light: #c6ed90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.471,
    "s": 72.34,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8537,
    "c": 0.17723,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E55D

secondary

#6C39AD

accent

#11D467

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E55D

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

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