#A9E756#A9E756

#A9E756 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.185 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E756
RGB	rgb(169, 231, 86)
HSL	hsl(86, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.13, -41.58, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.13, 74.93, 123.71°)
OKLab	oklab(85.76% -0.1175 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(85.76% 0.185 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6176, 66.2576, 19.1352)
Luminance	0.6626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E756 #9456E7

analogous

#E7DD56 #A9E756 #61E756

triadic

#A9E756 #56A9E7 #E756A9

tetradic

#A9E756 #56E7DD #9456E7 #E75661

square

#A9E756 #56E7DD #9456E7 #E75661

split-complementary

#A9E756 #5661E7 #DD56E7

monochromatic

#6CAA18 #8EDF20 #A9E756 #C4EF8C #E0F6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A9E756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.25

#A9E756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E756

14.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E756	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)

#F1D744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDDC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 231, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.185 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef8c',
    500: '#a9e756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e756;
$custom-light: #c6ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.655,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85763,
    "c": 0.18526,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E756

secondary

#6835AC

accent

#0ED764

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E756

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

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