#A9E57E#A9E57E

#A9E57E is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.147 H 133.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E57E
RGB	rgb(169, 229, 126)
HSL	hsl(95, 66%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(95, 45%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 45%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.99, -36.71, 44.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.99, 57.35, 129.79°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.1011 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.147 133.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.1465, 65.9786, 29.9331)
Luminance	0.6598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E57E #BA7EE5

analogous

#DDE57E #A9E57E #7EE586

triadic

#A9E57E #7EA9E5 #E57EA9

tetradic

#A9E57E #7EDDE5 #BA7EE5 #E5867E

square

#A9E57E #7EDDE5 #BA7EE5 #E5867E

split-complementary

#A9E57E #867EE5 #E57EDD

monochromatic

#68C227 #87DB4B #A9E57E #CBEFB1 #EDFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#A9E57E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#A9E57E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E57E

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E57E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E57E	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D384

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADECC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e57e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 229, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.147 133.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5eda5',
    500: '#a9e57e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e57e;
$custom-light: #c5eda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e57e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.951,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85785,
    "c": 0.14711,
    "h": 133.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E57E

secondary

#8D4ABD

accent

#17CE82

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF6

border

#D2D6D0

text

#13160F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E57E

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

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