#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
RGBrgb(169, 230, 81)
HSLhsl(85, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(85, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(26.5%, 0%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(84.80, -41.52, 64.00)
CIE-LCHlch(84.80, 76.29, 122.98°)
OKLaboklab(85.49% -0.1177 0.1462)
OKLCHoklch(85.49% 0.188 128.8)
XYZxyz(46.1440, 65.6216, 18.0181)
Luminance0.6562 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9E6511.001.4914.1214.12
#FFFFFF1.491.0021.0021.00
#00000014.1221.001.001.00
##00000014.1221.001.001.00

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

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#A9E651 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva