#A9E65D#A9E65D

#A9E65D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.179 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E65D
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 93)
HSL	hsl(87, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.90, -40.57, 59.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.90, 71.73, 124.44°)
OKLab	oklab(85.6% -0.1141 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(85.6% 0.179 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6344, 65.8178, 20.6009)
Luminance	0.6582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E65D #9A5DE6

analogous

#E6DE5D #A9E65D #64E65D

triadic

#A9E65D #5DA9E6 #E65DA9

tetradic

#A9E65D #5DE6DE #9A5DE6 #E65D64

square

#A9E65D #5DE6DE #9A5DE6 #E65D64

split-complementary

#A9E65D #5D64E6 #DE5DE6

monochromatic

#6CAE1B #8DDE28 #A9E65D #C5EE92 #E1F6C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#A9E65D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#A9E65D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E65D

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E65D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E65D	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D367

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e65d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.179 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee90',
    500: '#a9e65d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e65d;
$custom-light: #c6ee90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e65d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.715,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85601,
    "c": 0.17853,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.65819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E65D

secondary

#6D38AF

accent

#10D568

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E65D

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

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