#A9E757#A9E757

#A9E757 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 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E757
RGB	rgb(169, 231, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 62.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.14, -41.50, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.14, 74.55, 123.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.77% -0.1172 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(85.77% 0.185 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6581, 66.2738, 19.3489)
Luminance	0.6627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E757 #9557E7

analogous

#E7DD57 #A9E757 #61E757

triadic

#A9E757 #57A9E7 #E757A9

tetradic

#A9E757 #57E7DD #9557E7 #E75761

square

#A9E757 #57E7DD #9557E7 #E75761

split-complementary

#A9E757 #5761E7 #DD57E7

monochromatic

#6CAB18 #8EDF21 #A9E757 #C4EF8D #E0F6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A9E757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#A9E757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E757

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E757	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDEC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 231, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.185 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef8c',
    500: '#a9e757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e757;
$custom-light: #c6ef8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.833,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85772,
    "c": 0.18451,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E757

secondary

#6936AC

accent

#0ED765

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E757

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

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