#A9E655#A9E655

#A9E655 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.185 H 129.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E655
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.83, -41.22, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.83, 74.80, 123.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.52% -0.1166 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.52% 0.185 129.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.2985, 65.6834, 18.8314)
Luminance	0.6569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E655 #9255E6

analogous

#E6DA55 #A9E655 #61E655

triadic

#A9E655 #55A9E6 #E655A9

tetradic

#A9E655 #55E6DA #9255E6 #E65561

square

#A9E655 #55E6DA #9255E6 #E65561

split-complementary

#A9E655 #5561E6 #DA55E6

monochromatic

#6CA819 #8EDD21 #A9E655 #C4EE8A #DFF6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9E655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#A9E655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E655

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E655	1.00	1.49	14.14	14.14
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.185 129.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee8b',
    500: '#a9e655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e655;
$custom-light: #c6ee8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.241,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85523,
    "c": 0.18474,
    "h": 129.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E655

secondary

#6636AA

accent

#0FD663

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E655

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

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