#A9EB5D#A9EB5D

#A9EB5D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.185 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EB5D
RGB	rgb(169, 235, 93)
HSL	hsl(88, 78%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 60%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.1%, 0%, 60.4%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.33, -42.76, 60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.33, 74.28, 125.15°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.1201 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.185 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.0459, 68.6406, 21.0714)
Luminance	0.6864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EB5D #9F5DEB

analogous

#EBE65D #A9EB5D #62EB5D

triadic

#A9EB5D #5DA9EB #EB5DA9

tetradic

#A9EB5D #5DEBE6 #9F5DEB #EB5D62

square

#A9EB5D #5DEBE6 #9F5DEB #EB5D62

split-complementary

#A9EB5D #5D62EB #E65DEB

monochromatic

#6CB717 #8CE427 #A9EB5D #C6F293 #E3F8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#A9EB5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.73

#A9EB5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EB5D

14.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EB5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EB5D	1.00	1.43	14.73	14.73
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DB4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD668

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9eb5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 235, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.185 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f190',
    500: '#a9eb5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9eb5d;
$custom-light: #c6f190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9eb5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.887,
    "s": 78.022,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86755,
    "c": 0.185,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EB5D

secondary

#7236B7

accent

#0BDA6B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EB5D

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

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