#A9E863#A9E863

#A9E863 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.176 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E863
RGB	rgb(169, 232, 99)
HSL	hsl(88, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.53, -40.92, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.53, 70.38, 125.55°)
OKLab	oklab(86.13% -0.1146 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(86.13% 0.176 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4705, 67.0478, 22.2424)
Luminance	0.6705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E863 #A263E8

analogous

#E8E563 #A9E863 #67E863

triadic

#A9E863 #63A9E8 #E863A9

tetradic

#A9E863 #63E8E5 #A263E8 #E86367

square

#A9E863 #63E8E5 #A263E8 #E86367

split-complementary

#A9E863 #6367E8 #E563E8

monochromatic

#6CB61B #8CE02E #A9E863 #C6F098 #E4F8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9E863 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.41

#A9E863 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E863

14.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E863	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E863	1.00	1.46	14.41	14.41
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2D955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e863;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 232, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.176 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef93',
    500: '#a9e863',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e863;
$custom-light: #c6ef93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e863",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.421,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86125,
    "c": 0.17622,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E863

secondary

#7439B6

accent

#0FD66E

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E863

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

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