#A9EB5B#A9EB5B

#A9EB5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.187 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EB5B
RGB	rgb(169, 235, 91)
HSL	hsl(88, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 61.3%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.31, -42.93, 61.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.31, 75.05, 124.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.74% -0.1208 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(86.74% 0.187 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9584, 68.6057, 20.6109)
Luminance	0.6861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EB5B #9D5BEB

analogous

#EBE55B #A9EB5B #61EB5B

triadic

#A9EB5B #5BA9EB #EB5BA9

tetradic

#A9EB5B #5BEBE5 #9D5BEB #EB5B61

square

#A9EB5B #5BEBE5 #9D5BEB #EB5B61

split-complementary

#A9EB5B #5B61EB #E55BEB

monochromatic

#6CB516 #8CE424 #A9EB5B #C6F292 #E2F8C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#A9EB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#A9EB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EB5B

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EB5B	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9eb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 235, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.187 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f18f',
    500: '#a9eb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9eb5b;
$custom-light: #c6f18f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9eb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.5,
    "s": 78.261,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86735,
    "c": 0.18656,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.68607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EB5B

secondary

#7035B5

accent

#0BDB6A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EB5B

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

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