#A9EC79#A9EC79

#A9EC79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.162 H 133.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EC79
RGB	rgb(169, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(95, 75%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(95, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 0%, 48.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.90, -40.43, 48.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.90, 63.40, 129.62°)
OKLab	oklab(87.32% -0.1117 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(87.32% 0.162 133.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.8079, 69.8048, 28.9349)
Luminance	0.6981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 4.44

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EC79 #BC79EC

analogous

#E2EC79 #A9EC79 #79EC83

triadic

#A9EC79 #79A9EC #EC79A9

tetradic

#A9EC79 #79E2EC #BC79EC #EC8379

square

#A9EC79 #79E2EC #BC79EC #EC8379

split-complementary

#A9EC79 #8379EC #EC79E2

monochromatic

#67CD1D #87E443 #A9EC79 #CBF4AF #EEFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#A9EC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#A9EC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EC79

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EC79	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4DD6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD880

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AAE4D1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.162 133.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5f2a2',
    500: '#a9ec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ec79;
$custom-light: #c5f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 94.957,
    "s": 75.163,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87315,
    "c": 0.16191,
    "h": 133.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EC79

secondary

#8F44C5

accent

#0ED783

background

#FDFFFC

surface

#F9FEF5

border

#D2D6CF

text

#13170F

muted

#828580

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EC79

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

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