#A9E658#A9E658
#A9E658 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.182 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9E658 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 230, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 61.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.86, -40.98, 61.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.86, 73.67, 123.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.55% -0.1157 0.1411) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.55% 0.182 129.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4202, 65.7321, 19.4725) |
| Luminance | 0.6573 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.32
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.48
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.79
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.93
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.07
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9E658 #9558E6
analogous
#E6DC58 #A9E658 #62E658
triadic
#A9E658 #58A9E6 #E658A9
tetradic
#A9E658 #58E6DC #9558E6 #E65862
square
#A9E658 #58E6DC #9558E6 #E65862
split-complementary
#A9E658 #5862E6 #DC58E6
monochromatic
#6CAA19 #8EDE23 #A9E658 #C4EE8D #E0F6C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#A9E658 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.15
#A9E658 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9E658
14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9E658 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9E658 | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.15 | 14.15 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.15 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F0D747
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D263
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADDDC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9e658; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.182 129.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ee8d',
500: '#a9e658',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9e658; $custom-light: #c6ee8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9e658",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 230,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 85.775,
"s": 73.958,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85551,
"c": 0.18247,
"h": 129.3
},
"luminance": 0.65733
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9E658
secondary
#6937AC
accent
#0FD665
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F