#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
RGB	rgb(169, 231, 89)
HSL	hsl(86, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -41.34, 61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 73.79, 124.08°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.1166 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.183 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7410, 66.3069, 19.7852)
Luminance	0.6631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##A9E759	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)

#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

Preview with #A9E759

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

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