#A9EC61#A9EC61

#A9EC61 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.183 H 131.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EC61
RGB	rgb(169, 236, 97)
HSL	hsl(89, 79%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(89, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 58.9%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.65, -42.85, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.65, 73.24, 125.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.03% -0.1201 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(87.03% 0.183 131)
XYZ	xyz(48.5148, 69.2876, 22.1247)
Luminance	0.6929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 3.02

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EC61 #A461EC

analogous

#ECEA61 #A9EC61 #63EC61

triadic

#A9EC61 #61A9EC #EC61A9

tetradic

#A9EC61 #61ECEA #A461EC #EC6163

square

#A9EC61 #61ECEA #A461EC #EC6163

split-complementary

#A9EC61 #6163EC #EA61EC

monochromatic

#6CBC17 #8BE52A #A9EC61 #C7F398 #E4F9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#A9EC61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#A9EC61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EC61

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EC61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EC61	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6DC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD76B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ec61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 236, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.183 131.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f293',
    500: '#a9ec61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ec61;
$custom-light: #c6f293;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ec61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 88.921,
    "s": 78.531,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87026,
    "c": 0.1831,
    "h": 131
  },
  "luminance": 0.69289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EC61

secondary

#7636BB

accent

#0BDB6F

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EC61

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

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