#A9E959#A9E959

#A9E959 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.674; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.186 H 129.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E959
RGB	rgb(169, 233, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 77%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 61.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.72, -42.22, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.72, 74.80, 124.36°)
OKLab	oklab(86.25% -0.119 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(86.25% 0.186 129.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.3039, 67.4329, 19.9728)
Luminance	0.6743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E959 #9959E9

analogous

#E9E159 #A9E959 #61E959

triadic

#A9E959 #59A9E9 #E959A9

tetradic

#A9E959 #59E9E1 #9959E9 #E95961

square

#A9E959 #59E9E1 #9959E9 #E95961

split-complementary

#A9E959 #5961E9 #E159E9

monochromatic

#6CB017 #8DE223 #A9E959 #C5F08F #E1F7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#A9E959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.49

#A9E959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E959

14.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E959	1.00	1.45	14.49	14.49
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3D948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 233, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.186 129.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f08d',
    500: '#a9e959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e959;
$custom-light: #c6f08d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 86.667,
    "s": 76.596,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86253,
    "c": 0.18554,
    "h": 129.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.67434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E959

secondary

#6C35B1

accent

#0DD967

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E959

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

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