#A9E866#A9E866

#A9E866 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.174 H 130.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E866
RGB	rgb(169, 232, 102)
HSL	hsl(89, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(89, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 0%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.56, -40.64, 55.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.56, 69.17, 125.98°)
OKLab	oklab(86.16% -0.1136 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(86.16% 0.174 130.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.6166, 67.1063, 23.0118)
Luminance	0.6711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E866 #A566E8

analogous

#E8E666 #A9E866 #68E866

triadic

#A9E866 #66A9E8 #E866A9

tetradic

#A9E866 #66E8E6 #A566E8 #E86668

square

#A9E866 #66E8E6 #A566E8 #E86668

split-complementary

#A9E866 #6668E8 #E666E8

monochromatic

#6CB81C #8BE031 #A9E866 #C7F09B #E5F8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#A9E866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#A9E866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E866

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E866	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACDFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 232, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.174 130.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ef95',
    500: '#a9e866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e866;
$custom-light: #c6ef95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 89.077,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86159,
    "c": 0.17366,
    "h": 130.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.67108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E866

secondary

#773AB8

accent

#10D670

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E866

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

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