#A9E759#A9E759

#A9E759 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.183 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9E759
RGBrgb(169, 231, 89)
HSLhsl(86, 75%, 63%)
HSVhsv(86, 61%, 91%)
CMYKcmyk(26.8%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LABlab(85.15, -41.34, 61.12)
CIE-LCHlch(85.15, 73.79, 124.08°)
OKLaboklab(85.79% -0.1166 0.1411)
OKLCHoklch(85.79% 0.183 129.6)
XYZxyz(46.7410, 66.3069, 19.7852)
Luminance0.6631 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9E759 #9759E7
analogous
#E7DE59 #A9E759 #62E759
triadic
#A9E759 #59A9E7 #E759A9
tetradic
#A9E759 #59E7DE #9759E7 #E75962
square
#A9E759 #59E7DE #9759E7 #E75962
split-complementary
#A9E759 #5962E7 #DE59E7
monochromatic
#6CAD19 #8DDF24 #A9E759 #C5EF8E #E0F6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47
#A9E759 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26
#A9E759 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E759
14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9E759#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9E7591.001.4714.2614.26
#FFFFFF1.471.0021.0021.00
#00000014.2621.001.001.00
##00000014.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F1D848
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E8D364
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADDEC9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9e759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 231, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.183 129.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef8d',
    500: '#a9e759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9e759;
$custom-light: #c6ef8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9e759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.197,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85791,
    "c": 0.18299,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9E759
secondary
#6B36AE
accent
#0FD766
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F

Preview Lab

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#A9E759 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva