#A9E755#A9E755

#A9E755 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.662; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.186 H 129.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E755
RGB	rgb(169, 231, 85)
HSL	hsl(85, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(85, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.12, -41.66, 62.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.12, 75.30, 123.59°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.1178 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.186 129.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.5776, 66.2416, 18.9245)
Luminance	0.6624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E755 #9355E7

analogous

#E7DC55 #A9E755 #60E755

triadic

#A9E755 #55A9E7 #E755A9

tetradic

#A9E755 #55E7DC #9355E7 #E75560

square

#A9E755 #55E7DC #9355E7 #E75560

split-complementary

#A9E755 #5560E7 #DC55E7

monochromatic

#6CAA18 #8EDF20 #A9E755 #C4EF8B #DFF6C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A9E755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#A9E755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E755

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E755	1.00	1.47	14.25	14.25
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D743

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 231, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.186 129.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef8b',
    500: '#a9e755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e755;
$custom-light: #c6ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.479,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85754,
    "c": 0.18601,
    "h": 129.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E755

secondary

#6735AB

accent

#0ED764

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E755

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

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