#A9E659#A9E659

#A9E659 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.657; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.182 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E659
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.87, -40.90, 60.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.87, 73.28, 123.93°)
OKLab	oklab(85.56% -0.1153 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.56% 0.182 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4619, 65.7488, 19.6921)
Luminance	0.6575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E659 #9659E6

analogous

#E6DC59 #A9E659 #63E659

triadic

#A9E659 #59A9E6 #E659A9

tetradic

#A9E659 #59E6DC #9659E6 #E65963

square

#A9E659 #59E6DC #9659E6 #E65963

split-complementary

#A9E659 #5963E6 #DC59E6

monochromatic

#6CAB1A #8DDE24 #A9E659 #C5EE8E #E0F6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#A9E659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.15

#A9E659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E659

14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E659	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)

#F0D748

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.182 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee8d',
    500: '#a9e659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e659;
$custom-light: #c6ee8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.957,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85561,
    "c": 0.18169,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E659

secondary

#6A37AC

accent

#10D665

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E659

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

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