#A9E660#A9E660

#A9E660 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.659; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.176 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E660
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 96)
HSL	hsl(87, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.93, -40.31, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.93, 70.54, 124.85°)
OKLab	oklab(85.63% -0.1131 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(85.63% 0.176 130)
XYZ	xyz(46.7699, 65.8720, 21.3145)
Luminance	0.6587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E660 #9D60E6

analogous

#E6E060 #A9E660 #66E660

triadic

#A9E660 #60A9E6 #E660A9

tetradic

#A9E660 #60E6E0 #9D60E6 #E66066

square

#A9E660 #60E6E0 #9D60E6 #E66066

split-complementary

#A9E660 #6066E6 #E060E6

monochromatic

#6CB01C #8CDE2B #A9E660 #C6EE95 #E2F7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#A9E660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.17

#A9E660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E660

14.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E660	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)

#F0D752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D369

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.176 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ee92',
    500: '#a9e660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e660;
$custom-light: #c6ee92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.313,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85632,
    "c": 0.17608,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.65873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E660

secondary

#7039B1

accent

#11D56A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E660

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

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