#A9EC5A#A9EC5A

#A9EC5A is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.189 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EC5A
RGB	rgb(169, 236, 90)
HSL	hsl(88, 79%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 62%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 61.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.58, -43.44, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.58, 75.93, 124.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.1223 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.189 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2027, 69.1627, 20.4810)
Luminance	0.6916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EC5A #9D5AEC

analogous

#ECE65A #A9EC5A #60EC5A

triadic

#A9EC5A #5AA9EC #EC5AA9

tetradic

#A9EC5A #5AECE6 #9D5AEC #EC5A60

square

#A9EC5A #5AECE6 #9D5AEC #EC5A60

split-complementary

#A9EC5A #5A60EC #E65AEC

monochromatic

#6CB715 #8CE623 #A9EC5A #C6F291 #E2F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#A9EC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.83

#A9EC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EC5A

14.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EC5A	1.00	1.42	14.83	14.83
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE3CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ec5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 236, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.189 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f28e',
    500: '#a9ec5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ec5a;
$custom-light: #c6f28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ec5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.534,
    "s": 79.348,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86956,
    "c": 0.1886,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EC5A

secondary

#7034B6

accent

#0ADC6A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EC5A

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

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