#A9E667#A9E667

#A9E667 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.170 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E667
RGB	rgb(169, 230, 103)
HSL	hsl(89, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(89, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.5%, 0%, 55.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -39.66, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 67.70, 125.86°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.1108 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.17 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1067, 66.0067, 23.0880)
Luminance	0.6601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E667 #A467E6

analogous

#E6E367 #A9E667 #69E667

triadic

#A9E667 #67A9E6 #E667A9

tetradic

#A9E667 #67E6E3 #A467E6 #E66769

square

#A9E667 #67E6E3 #A467E6 #E66769

split-complementary

#A9E667 #6769E6 #E367E6

monochromatic

#6CB51E #8BDD32 #A9E667 #C7EF9C #E4F7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#A9E667 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#A9E667 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E667

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E667	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E667	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD75A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D370

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDDCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e667;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 230, 103);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.170 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ee96',
    500: '#a9e667',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e667;
$custom-light: #c5ee96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e667",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 230,
    "b": 103
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.819,
    "s": 71.751,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8571,
    "c": 0.17013,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E667

secondary

#763CB5

accent

#12D46F

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E667

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

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