#A9E761#A9E761

#A9E761 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.664; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.177 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E761
RGB	rgb(169, 231, 97)
HSL	hsl(88, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.22, -40.66, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.22, 70.66, 125.13°)
OKLab	oklab(85.87% -0.114 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(85.87% 0.177 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.0953, 66.4487, 21.6515)
Luminance	0.6645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E761 #9F61E7

analogous

#E7E261 #A9E761 #66E761

triadic

#A9E761 #61A9E7 #E761A9

tetradic

#A9E761 #61E7E2 #9F61E7 #E76166

square

#A9E761 #61E7E2 #9F61E7 #E76166

split-complementary

#A9E761 #6166E7 #E261E7

monochromatic

#6CB21B #8CDF2C #A9E761 #C6EF96 #E3F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A9E761 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.29

#A9E761 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E761

14.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E761	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E761	1.00	1.47	14.29	14.29
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e761;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 231, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.177 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef92',
    500: '#a9e761',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e761;
$custom-light: #c6ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e761",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.761,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85873,
    "c": 0.17657,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E761

secondary

#7239B3

accent

#10D66B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E761

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

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