#A9E955#A9E955

#A9E955 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.189 H 129.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E955
RGB	rgb(169, 233, 85)
HSL	hsl(86, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(86, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 63.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.69, -42.53, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.69, 76.30, 123.88°)
OKLab	oklab(86.22% -0.1202 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(86.22% 0.189 129.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1405, 67.3675, 19.1121)
Luminance	0.6737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E955 #9555E9

analogous

#E9DF55 #A9E955 #5FE955

triadic

#A9E955 #55A9E9 #E955A9

tetradic

#A9E955 #55E9DF #9555E9 #E9555F

square

#A9E955 #55E9DF #9555E9 #E9555F

split-complementary

#A9E955 #555FE9 #DF55E9

monochromatic

#6CAD16 #8EE21F #A9E955 #C4F08B #E0F7C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#A9E955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.47

#A9E955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E955

14.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E955	1.00	1.45	14.47	14.47
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDFCA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 233, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.189 129.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f08b',
    500: '#a9e955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e955;
$custom-light: #c6f08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85.946,
    "s": 77.083,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86216,
    "c": 0.18854,
    "h": 129.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E955

secondary

#6934AE

accent

#0CD965

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E955

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

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