#A9E65F#A9E65F

#A9E65F is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.177 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E65F
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 95)
HSL	hsl(87, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 58.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.92, -40.39, 58.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.92, 70.94, 124.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.1135 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.177 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.7242, 65.8537, 21.0736)
Luminance	0.6585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E65F #9C5FE6

analogous

#E6DF5F #A9E65F #65E65F

triadic

#A9E65F #5FA9E6 #E65FA9

tetradic

#A9E65F #5FE6DF #9C5FE6 #E65F65

square

#A9E65F #5FE6DF #9C5FE6 #E65F65

split-complementary

#A9E65F #5F65E6 #DF5FE6

monochromatic

#6CAF1B #8DDE2A #A9E65F #C5EE94 #E2F7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#A9E65F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#A9E65F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E65F

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E65F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E65F	1.00	1.48	14.17	14.17
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e65f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.177 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee91',
    500: '#a9e65f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e65f;
$custom-light: #c6ee91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e65f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.111,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85621,
    "c": 0.17691,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E65F

secondary

#6F39B0

accent

#10D569

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E65F

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

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