#A9E56D#A9E56D

#A9E56D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.163 H 131.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E56D
RGB	rgb(169, 229, 109)
HSL	hsl(90, 70%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(90, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 52.4%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.78, -38.61, 51.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.78, 64.67, 126.66°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.1074 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.163 131.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1412, 65.5765, 24.6389)
Luminance	0.6558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E56D #A96DE5

analogous

#E5E56D #A9E56D #6DE56D

triadic

#A9E56D #6DA9E5 #E56DA9

tetradic

#A9E56D #6DE5E5 #A96DE5 #E56D6D

square

#A9E56D #6DE5E5 #A96DE5 #E56D6D

split-complementary

#A9E56D #6D6DE5 #E56DE5

monochromatic

#6CB721 #8ADC39 #A9E56D #C8EEA1 #E6F8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9E56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#A9E56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E56D

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E56D	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 229, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.163 131.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ed9a',
    500: '#a9e56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e56d;
$custom-light: #c5ed9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 69.767,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85552,
    "c": 0.16341,
    "h": 131.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E56D

secondary

#7B3FB7

accent

#14D273

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E56D

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

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