#A9E855#A9E855

#A9E855 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.187 H 129.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E855
RGB	rgb(169, 232, 85)
HSL	hsl(86, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -42.10, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 75.80, 123.74°)
OKLab	oklab(85.99% -0.119 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(85.99% 0.187 129.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8582, 66.8029, 19.0180)
Luminance	0.6680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E855 #9455E8

analogous

#E8DD55 #A9E855 #60E855

triadic

#A9E855 #55A9E8 #E855A9

tetradic

#A9E855 #55E8DD #9455E8 #E85560

square

#A9E855 #55E8DD #9455E8 #E85560

split-complementary

#A9E855 #5560E8 #DD55E8

monochromatic

#6CAB17 #8EE11F #A9E855 #C4EF8B #E0F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9E855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#A9E855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E855

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E855	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDECA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 232, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.187 129.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef8b',
    500: '#a9e855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e855;
$custom-light: #c6ef8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.714,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85985,
    "c": 0.18727,
    "h": 129.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.66804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E855

secondary

#6835AD

accent

#0DD864

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E855

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

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