#A9E856#A9E856
#A9E856 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.187 H 129.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9E856 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 232, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 62.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.41, -42.02, 62.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.41, 75.43, 123.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.99% -0.1187 0.1439) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.99% 0.187 129.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8982, 66.8189, 19.2287) |
| Luminance | 0.6682 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 2.85
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.33
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.54
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.63
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.71
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9E856 #9556E8
analogous
#E8DE56 #A9E856 #60E856
triadic
#A9E856 #56A9E8 #E856A9
tetradic
#A9E856 #56E8DE #9556E8 #E85660
square
#A9E856 #56E8DE #9556E8 #E85660
split-complementary
#A9E856 #5660E8 #DE56E8
monochromatic
#6CAC17 #8EE120 #A9E856 #C4EF8C #E0F7C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#A9E856 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.36
#A9E856 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9E856
14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9E856 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9E856 | 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)
#F2D844
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD461
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADDECA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9e856; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 232, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.187 129.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ef8c',
500: '#a9e856',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9e856; $custom-light: #c6ef8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9e856",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 232,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 85.89,
"s": 76.042,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85994,
"c": 0.18653,
"h": 129.5
},
"luminance": 0.6682
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9E856
secondary
#6935AD
accent
#0DD865
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160C
muted
#83857F