#A9E653#A9E653

#A9E653 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.186 H 129.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E653
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 83)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(85, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.82, -41.37, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.82, 75.55, 123.21°)
OKLab	oklab(85.51% -0.1171 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(85.51% 0.186 129)
XYZ	xyz(46.2201, 65.6521, 18.4189)
Luminance	0.6565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E653 #9053E6

analogous

#E6DA53 #A9E653 #60E653

triadic

#A9E653 #53A9E6 #E653A9

tetradic

#A9E653 #53E6DA #9053E6 #E65360

square

#A9E653 #53E6DA #9053E6 #E65360

split-complementary

#A9E653 #5360E6 #DA53E6

monochromatic

#6BA618 #8EDC20 #A9E653 #C4EE88 #DEF6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9E653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.13

#A9E653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E653

14.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E653	1.00	1.49	14.13	14.13
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D740

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.186 129.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee8a',
    500: '#a9e653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e653;
$custom-light: #c6ee8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 84.898,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85505,
    "c": 0.18622,
    "h": 129
  },
  "luminance": 0.65653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E653

secondary

#6535A8

accent

#0FD762

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E653

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

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