#A9E858#A9E858
#A9E858 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.185 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9E858 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 232, 88) |
| HSL | hsl(86, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(86, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 62.1%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.43, -41.86, 61.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.43, 74.68, 124.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.01% -0.1181 0.1425) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.01% 0.185 129.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9799, 66.8516, 19.6591) |
| Luminance | 0.6685 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 2.95
Kiwi Green
#8EE53F
ΔE00 3.38
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 4.42
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 4.54
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 4.65
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 4.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9E858 #9758E8
analogous
#E8DF58 #A9E858 #61E858
triadic
#A9E858 #58A9E8 #E858A9
tetradic
#A9E858 #58E8DF #9758E8 #E85861
square
#A9E858 #58E8DF #9758E8 #E85861
split-complementary
#A9E858 #5861E8 #DF58E8
monochromatic
#6CAE18 #8DE122 #A9E858 #C5EF8E #E0F7C4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#A9E858 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.37
#A9E858 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9E858
14.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9E858 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9E858 | 1.00 | 1.46 | 14.37 | 14.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.46 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F2D847
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D463
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ADDFCA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D5D5D5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9e858; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 232, 88); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.185 129.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6ef8d',
500: '#a9e858',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9e858; $custom-light: #c6ef8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9e858",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 232,
"b": 88
},
"hsl": {
"h": 86.25,
"s": 75.789,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86013,
"c": 0.18503,
"h": 129.7
},
"luminance": 0.66853
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9E858
secondary
#6B36AF
accent
#0ED866
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13160D
muted
#83857F