#A9E779#A9E779

#A9E779 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.155 H 132.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E779
RGB	rgb(169, 231, 121)
HSL	hsl(94, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(94, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 0%, 47.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.49, -38.20, 47.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.49, 60.64, 129.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.17% -0.1055 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(86.17% 0.155 132.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3884, 66.9659, 28.4617)
Luminance	0.6697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Pistachio (survey)

#C0FA8B

ΔE00 4.38

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 5.32

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E779 #B779E7

analogous

#E0E779 #A9E779 #79E780

triadic

#A9E779 #79A9E7 #E779A9

tetradic

#A9E779 #79E0E7 #B779E7 #E78079

square

#A9E779 #79E0E7 #B779E7 #E78079

split-complementary

#A9E779 #8079E7 #E779E0

monochromatic

#69C323 #88DE45 #A9E779 #CAF0AD #ECFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9E779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#A9E779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E779

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E779	1.00	1.46	14.39	14.39
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AADFCD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 231, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.155 132.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5efa2',
    500: '#a9e779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e779;
$custom-light: #c5efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 231,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 93.818,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8617,
    "c": 0.15488,
    "h": 132.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E779

secondary

#8A45BF

accent

#14D27F

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E779

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

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