#A9E85D#A9E85D

#A9E85D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.669; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.181 H 130.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E85D
RGB	rgb(169, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(87, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 59.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.47, -41.45, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.47, 72.75, 124.73°)
OKLab	oklab(86.06% -0.1165 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(86.06% 0.181 130)
XYZ	xyz(47.1942, 66.9373, 20.7875)
Luminance	0.6694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E85D #9C5DE8

analogous

#E8E15D #A9E85D #63E85D

triadic

#A9E85D #5DA9E8 #E85DA9

tetradic

#A9E85D #5DE8E1 #9C5DE8 #E85D63

square

#A9E85D #5DE8E1 #9C5DE8 #E85D63

split-complementary

#A9E85D #5D63E8 #E15DE8

monochromatic

#6CB119 #8DE027 #A9E85D #C5F093 #E2F7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9E85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.39

#A9E85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E85D

14.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E85D	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)

#F2D94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.181 130.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef90',
    500: '#a9e85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e85d;
$custom-light: #c6ef90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.194,
    "s": 75.135,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86062,
    "c": 0.18112,
    "h": 130
  },
  "luminance": 0.66939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E85D

secondary

#6F37B2

accent

#0ED769

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E85D

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

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