#A9E860#A9E860

#A9E860 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.179 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E860
RGB	rgb(169, 232, 96)
HSL	hsl(88, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -41.19, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 71.57, 125.13°)
OKLab	oklab(86.09% -0.1156 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(86.09% 0.179 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.3297, 66.9915, 21.5011)
Luminance	0.6699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E860 #9F60E8

analogous

#E8E360 #A9E860 #65E860

triadic

#A9E860 #60A9E8 #E860A9

tetradic

#A9E860 #60E8E3 #9F60E8 #E86065

square

#A9E860 #60E8E3 #9F60E8 #E86065

split-complementary

#A9E860 #6065E8 #E360E8

monochromatic

#6CB41A #8CE02B #A9E860 #C6F095 #E3F7CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9E860 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#A9E860 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E860

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E860	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E860	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e860;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 232, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.179 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef92',
    500: '#a9e860',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e860;
$custom-light: #c6ef92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e860",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.794,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86093,
    "c": 0.1787,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E860

secondary

#7238B4

accent

#0FD76B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E860

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

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