#A9E651#A9E651

#A9E651 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.188 H 128.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E651
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 81)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -41.52, 64.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 76.29, 122.98°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.1177 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.188 128.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1440, 65.6216, 18.0181)
Luminance	0.6562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E651 #8E51E6

analogous

#E6D851 #A9E651 #5EE651

triadic

#A9E651 #51A9E6 #E651A9

tetradic

#A9E651 #51E6D8 #8E51E6 #E6515E

square

#A9E651 #51E6D8 #8E51E6 #E6515E

split-complementary

#A9E651 #515EE6 #D851E6

monochromatic

#6BA518 #8EDA1F #A9E651 #C3EE87 #DEF5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9E651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#A9E651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E651

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E651	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)

#F1D63D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.188 128.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee89',
    500: '#a9e651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e651;
$custom-light: #c6ee89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.564,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85487,
    "c": 0.18767,
    "h": 128.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.65623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E651

secondary

#6334A7

accent

#0ED761

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E651

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

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