#A9E960#A9E960

#A9E960 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.676; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.180 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E960
RGB	rgb(169, 233, 96)
HSL	hsl(88, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.78, -41.63, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.78, 72.09, 125.27°)
OKLab	oklab(86.32% -0.1168 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(86.32% 0.18 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.6120, 67.5561, 21.5952)
Luminance	0.6756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E960 #A060E9

analogous

#E9E560 #A9E960 #65E960

triadic

#A9E960 #60A9E9 #E960A9

tetradic

#A9E960 #60E9E5 #A060E9 #E96065

square

#A9E960 #60E9E5 #A060E9 #E96065

split-complementary

#A9E960 #6065E9 #E560E9

monochromatic

#6CB519 #8CE22A #A9E960 #C6F096 #E3F8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#A9E960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.51

#A9E960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E960

14.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E960	1.00	1.45	14.51	14.51
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DA51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD56A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE0CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 233, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.180 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f092',
    500: '#a9e960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e960;
$custom-light: #c6f092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.029,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86324,
    "c": 0.18,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.67557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E960

secondary

#7238B5

accent

#0ED86C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13160D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E960

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

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