#A9EC5D#A9EC5D

#A9EC5D is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.186 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EC5D
RGB	rgb(169, 236, 93)
HSL	hsl(88, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(88, 61%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 60.6%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -43.19, 61.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 74.79, 125.28°)
OKLab	oklab(86.99% -0.1213 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(86.99% 0.186 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3330, 69.2148, 21.1671)
Luminance	0.6922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 2.68

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EC5D #A05DEC

analogous

#ECE85D #A9EC5D #62EC5D

triadic

#A9EC5D #5DA9EC #EC5DA9

tetradic

#A9EC5D #5DECE8 #A05DEC #EC5D62

square

#A9EC5D #5DECE8 #A05DEC #EC5D62

split-complementary

#A9EC5D #5D62EC #E85DEC

monochromatic

#6CB916 #8CE626 #A9EC5D #C6F294 #E3F9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#A9EC5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#A9EC5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EC5D

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EC5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EC5D	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ec5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 236, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.186 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f290',
    500: '#a9ec5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ec5d;
$custom-light: #c6f290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ec5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.112,
    "s": 79.006,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86986,
    "c": 0.18629,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EC5D

secondary

#7235B8

accent

#0ADB6C

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EC5D

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

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