#A9E957#A9E957

#A9E957 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.187 H 129.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E957
RGB	rgb(169, 233, 87)
HSL	hsl(86, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(86, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 62.7%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.71, -42.38, 62.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.71, 75.55, 124.12°)
OKLab	oklab(86.24% -0.1196 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(86.24% 0.187 129.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2211, 67.3997, 19.5365)
Luminance	0.6740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E957 #9757E9

analogous

#E9E057 #A9E957 #60E957

triadic

#A9E957 #57A9E9 #E957A9

tetradic

#A9E957 #57E9E0 #9757E9 #E95760

square

#A9E957 #57E9E0 #9757E9 #E95760

split-complementary

#A9E957 #5760E9 #E057E9

monochromatic

#6CAF17 #8DE221 #A9E957 #C5F08D #E0F7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#A9E957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.48

#A9E957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E957

14.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E957	1.00	1.45	14.48	14.48
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADDFCB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 233, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.187 129.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f08c',
    500: '#a9e957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e957;
$custom-light: #c6f08c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.301,
    "s": 76.842,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86235,
    "c": 0.18705,
    "h": 129.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.67401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E957

secondary

#6B35AF

accent

#0CD966

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E957

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

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