#A9E765#A9E765

#A9E765 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.665; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.173 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E765
RGB	rgb(169, 231, 101)
HSL	hsl(89, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(89, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 56.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.26, -40.29, 56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.26, 69.05, 125.70°)
OKLab	oklab(85.92% -0.1127 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(85.92% 0.173 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2866, 66.5252, 22.6587)
Luminance	0.6653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E765 #A365E7

analogous

#E7E465 #A9E765 #68E765

triadic

#A9E765 #65A9E7 #E765A9

tetradic

#A9E765 #65E7E4 #A365E7 #E76568

square

#A9E765 #65E7E4 #A365E7 #E76568

split-complementary

#A9E765 #6568E7 #E465E7

monochromatic

#6CB51C #8BDF30 #A9E765 #C7EF9A #E4F8CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#A9E765 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.31

#A9E765 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E765

14.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E765	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E765	1.00	1.47	14.31	14.31
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D858

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D36E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e765;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 231, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.173 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef95',
    500: '#a9e765',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e765;
$custom-light: #c6ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e765",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.615,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85917,
    "c": 0.17319,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.66526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E765

secondary

#753BB5

accent

#10D56E

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160D

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E765

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

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