#A9E656#A9E656

#A9E656 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.184 H 129.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E656
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 86)
HSL	hsl(85, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.84, -41.14, 62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.84, 74.43, 123.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.53% -0.1163 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(85.53% 0.184 129.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3385, 65.6994, 19.0422)
Luminance	0.6570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E656 #9356E6

analogous

#E6DB56 #A9E656 #61E656

triadic

#A9E656 #56A9E6 #E656A9

tetradic

#A9E656 #56E6DB #9356E6 #E65661

square

#A9E656 #56E6DB #9356E6 #E65661

split-complementary

#A9E656 #5661E6 #DB56E6

monochromatic

#6CA919 #8EDE21 #A9E656 #C4EE8B #DFF6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#A9E656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.14

#A9E656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E656

14.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E656	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)

#F0D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEDCC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.184 129.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee8b',
    500: '#a9e656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e656;
$custom-light: #c6ee8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.417,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85532,
    "c": 0.18399,
    "h": 129.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E656

secondary

#6736AA

accent

#0FD664

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E656

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

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