#A9EC5B#A9EC5B

#A9EC5B is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.188 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9EC5B
RGBrgb(169, 236, 91)
HSLhsl(88, 79%, 64%)
HSVhsv(88, 61%, 93%)
CMYKcmyk(28.4%, 0%, 61.4%, 7.5%)
CIE-LABlab(86.59, -43.36, 61.87)
CIE-LCHlch(86.59, 75.55, 125.02°)
OKLaboklab(86.97% -0.122 0.1429)
OKLCHoklch(86.97% 0.188 130.5)
XYZxyz(48.2455, 69.1799, 20.7066)
Luminance0.6918 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9EC5B #9E5BEC
analogous
#ECE65B #A9EC5B #61EC5B
triadic
#A9EC5B #5BA9EC #EC5BA9
tetradic
#A9EC5B #5BECE6 #9E5BEC #EC5B61
square
#A9EC5B #5BECE6 #9E5BEC #EC5B61
split-complementary
#A9EC5B #5B61EC #E65BEC
monochromatic
#6CB715 #8CE624 #A9EC5B #C6F292 #E3F9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42
#A9EC5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84
#A9EC5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EC5B
14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9EC5B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9EC5B1.001.4214.8414.84
#FFFFFF1.421.0021.0021.00
#00000014.8421.001.001.00
##00000014.8421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DC4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD766
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ACE3CD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9ec5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 236, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.188 130.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f28f',
    500: '#a9ec5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9ec5b;
$custom-light: #c6f28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9ec5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.724,
    "s": 79.235,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86966,
    "c": 0.18785,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.69181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9EC5B
secondary
#7134B7
accent
#0ADC6B
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF4
border
#D3D6CE
text
#13170D
muted
#83857F

Preview Lab

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#A9EC5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva