#A9E969#A9E969

#A9E969 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.172 H 131.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9E969
RGB	rgb(169, 233, 105)
HSL	hsl(90, 74%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(90, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.5%, 0%, 54.9%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.87, -40.79, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.87, 68.47, 126.57°)
OKLab	oklab(86.42% -0.1138 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(86.42% 0.172 131.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0503, 67.7314, 23.9037)
Luminance	0.6773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9E969 #A969E9

analogous

#E9E969 #A9E969 #69E969

triadic

#A9E969 #69A9E9 #E969A9

tetradic

#A9E969 #69E9E9 #A969E9 #E96969

square

#A9E969 #69E9E9 #A969E9 #E96969

split-complementary

#A9E969 #6969E9 #E969E9

monochromatic

#6CBC1C #8AE134 #A9E969 #C8F19E #E6F9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#A9E969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#A9E969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9E969

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9E969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9E969	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DA5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE0CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9e969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 233, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.172 131.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f097',
    500: '#a9e969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9e969;
$custom-light: #c6f097;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9e969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90,
    "s": 74.419,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86423,
    "c": 0.1724,
    "h": 131.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9E969

secondary

#7B3BBB

accent

#0FD773

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13160E

muted

#82857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9E969

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

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