#A9E577#A9E577

#A9E577 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.154 H 132.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E577
RGB	rgb(169, 229, 119)
HSL	hsl(93, 68%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(93, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 48%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -37.53, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 60.40, 128.41°)
OKLab	oklab(85.68% -0.1038 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(85.68% 0.154 132.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7105, 65.8042, 27.6370)
Luminance	0.6581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.73

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E577 #B377E5

analogous

#E0E577 #A9E577 #77E57C

triadic

#A9E577 #77A9E5 #E577A9

tetradic

#A9E577 #77E0E5 #B377E5 #E57C77

square

#A9E577 #77E0E5 #B377E5 #E57C77

split-complementary

#A9E577 #7C77E5 #E577E0

monochromatic

#6ABD24 #89DB44 #A9E577 #C9EFAA #EAF9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#A9E577 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#A9E577 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E577

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E577	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E577	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD76E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABDDCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e577;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 229, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.154 132.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eda0',
    500: '#a9e577',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e577;
$custom-light: #c5eda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e577",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 92.727,
    "s": 67.901,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85684,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 132.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.65806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E577

secondary

#8644BC

accent

#16D07B

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E577

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

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