#A9E55F#A9E55F

#A9E55F is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.176 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E55F
RGB	rgb(169, 229, 95)
HSL	hsl(87, 72%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 58.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -39.95, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 70.42, 124.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.39% -0.1122 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(85.39% 0.176 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4467, 65.2987, 20.9811)
Luminance	0.6530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E55F #9B5FE5

analogous

#E5DE5F #A9E55F #66E55F

triadic

#A9E55F #5FA9E5 #E55FA9

tetradic

#A9E55F #5FE5DE #9B5FE5 #E55F66

square

#A9E55F #5FE5DE #9B5FE5 #E55F66

split-complementary

#A9E55F #5F66E5 #DE5FE5

monochromatic

#6CAD1C #8DDC2A #A9E55F #C5EE94 #E2F6C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9E55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#A9E55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E55F

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E55F	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D268

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 229, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.176 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ed91',
    500: '#a9e55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e55f;
$custom-light: #c6ed91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.866,
    "s": 72.043,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85391,
    "c": 0.1756,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E55F

secondary

#6E3AAF

accent

#11D469

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E55F

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

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