#A9E565#A9E565

#A9E565 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.654; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.171 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E565
RGB	rgb(169, 229, 101)
HSL	hsl(88, 71%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 55.9%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.70, -39.40, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.70, 68.00, 125.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.1102 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.171 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7300, 65.4120, 22.4731)
Luminance	0.6541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E565 #A165E5

analogous

#E5E165 #A9E565 #69E565

triadic

#A9E565 #65A9E5 #E565A9

tetradic

#A9E565 #65E5E1 #A165E5 #E56569

square

#A9E565 #65E5E1 #A165E5 #E56569

split-complementary

#A9E565 #6569E5 #E165E5

monochromatic

#6CB21E #8CDC31 #A9E565 #C6EE99 #E3F7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9E565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.08

#A9E565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E565

14.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E565	1.00	1.49	14.08	14.08
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDCC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 229, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.171 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ed95',
    500: '#a9e565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e565;
$custom-light: #c5ed95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.125,
    "s": 71.111,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85457,
    "c": 0.17053,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E565

secondary

#733CB2

accent

#12D36D

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E565

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

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