#A9E65A#A9E65A
#A9E65A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.181 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9E65A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 230, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 60.9%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.88, -40.82, 60.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.88, 72.90, 124.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.57% -0.115 0.1396) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.57% 0.181 129.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5042, 65.7657, 19.9148) |
| Luminance | 0.6577 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.43
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.54
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.69
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.86
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 5.03
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 5.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9E65A #975AE6
analogous
#E6DD5A #A9E65A #63E65A
triadic
#A9E65A #5AA9E6 #E65AA9
tetradic
#A9E65A #5AE6DD #975AE6 #E65A63
square
#A9E65A #5AE6DD #975AE6 #E65A63
split-complementary
#A9E65A #5A63E6 #DD5AE6
monochromatic
#6CAC1A #8DDE25 #A9E65A #C5EE8F #E0F6C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#A9E65A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.15
#A9E65A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9E65A
14.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9E65A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9E65A | 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)
#F0D74A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D364
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADDDC8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9e65a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.181 129.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ee8e',
500: '#a9e65a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9e65a; $custom-light: #c6ee8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9e65a",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 230,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.143,
"s": 73.684,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8557,
"c": 0.18092,
"h": 129.5
},
"luminance": 0.65767
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9E65A
secondary
#6B37AD
accent
#10D666
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F