#A9EB59#A9EB59

#A9EB59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.188 H 130.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EB59
RGB	rgb(169, 235, 89)
HSL	hsl(87, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 62%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 62.1%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.29, -43.09, 62.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.29, 75.81, 124.64°)
OKLab	oklab(86.72% -0.1214 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(86.72% 0.188 130.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.8733, 68.5716, 20.1626)
Luminance	0.6857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EB59 #9B59EB

analogous

#EBE459 #A9EB59 #60EB59

triadic

#A9EB59 #59A9EB #EB59A9

tetradic

#A9EB59 #59EBE4 #9B59EB #EB5960

square

#A9EB59 #59EBE4 #9B59EB #EB5960

split-complementary

#A9EB59 #5960EB #E459EB

monochromatic

#6CB416 #8DE422 #A9EB59 #C5F290 #E2F8C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#A9EB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#A9EB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EB59

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EB59	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE2CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9eb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 235, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.188 130.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f18e',
    500: '#a9eb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9eb59;
$custom-light: #c6f18e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9eb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.123,
    "s": 78.495,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86716,
    "c": 0.18809,
    "h": 130.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EB59

secondary

#6E34B4

accent

#0BDB69

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EB59

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

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