#A9ED56#A9ED56

#A9ED56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.193 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ED56
RGB	rgb(169, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(87, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(87, 64%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 0%, 63.7%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -44.19, 64.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 77.92, 124.55°)
OKLab	oklab(87.15% -0.1246 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(87.15% 0.193 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3257, 69.6739, 19.7046)
Luminance	0.6967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ED56 #9A56ED

analogous

#EDE656 #A9ED56 #5DED56

triadic

#A9ED56 #56A9ED #ED56A9

tetradic

#A9ED56 #56EDE6 #9A56ED #ED565D

square

#A9ED56 #56EDE6 #9A56ED #ED565D

split-complementary

#A9ED56 #565DED #E656ED

monochromatic

#6CB513 #8DE71F #A9ED56 #C5F38D #E1F9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#A9ED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#A9ED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ED56

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ED56	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7DD43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ed56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.193 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7f38c',
    500: '#a9ed56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ed56;
$custom-light: #c7f38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ed56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.02,
    "s": 80.749,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87151,
    "c": 0.19285,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ED56

secondary

#6D32B5

accent

#08DD68

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170C

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ED56

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

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