#A9E596#A9E596

#A9E596 is a very light, vivid green. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.122 H 138.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E596
RGB	rgb(169, 229, 150)
HSL	hsl(106, 60%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(106, 34%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.2%, 0%, 34.5%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.34, -33.49, 32.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.34, 46.72, 135.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.19% -0.0914 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(86.19% 0.122 138.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.8850, 66.6740, 39.0893)
Luminance	0.6668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E596 #D296E5

analogous

#D0E596 #A9E596 #96E5AB

triadic

#A9E596 #96A9E5 #E596A9

tetradic

#A9E596 #96D0E5 #D296E5 #E5AB96

square

#A9E596 #96D0E5 #D296E5 #E5AB96

split-complementary

#A9E596 #AB96E5 #E596D0

monochromatic

#59CD34 #81D965 #A9E596 #D1F1C7 #EBF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9E596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#A9E596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E596

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E596	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D39A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A6E0D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 229, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.122 138.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4edb5',
    500: '#a9e596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e596;
$custom-light: #c4edb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 105.57,
    "s": 60.305,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86186,
    "c": 0.12226,
    "h": 138.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E596

secondary

#A861BF

accent

#1EC89F

background

#FDFFFD

surface

#F9FEF8

border

#D2D6D1

text

#131611

muted

#828581

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E596

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

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