#A9ED57#A9ED57

#A9ED57 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.192 H 130.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9ED57
RGB	rgb(169, 237, 87)
HSL	hsl(87, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.7%, 0%, 63.3%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.84, -44.11, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.84, 77.55, 124.67°)
OKLab	oklab(87.16% -0.1243 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(87.16% 0.192 130.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.3663, 69.6901, 19.9182)
Luminance	0.6969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9ED57 #9B57ED

analogous

#EDE657 #A9ED57 #5EED57

triadic

#A9ED57 #57A9ED #ED57A9

tetradic

#A9ED57 #57EDE6 #9B57ED #ED575E

square

#A9ED57 #57EDE6 #9B57ED #ED575E

split-complementary

#A9ED57 #575EED #E657ED

monochromatic

#6CB614 #8DE720 #A9ED57 #C5F38E #E2F9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#A9ED57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#A9ED57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9ED57

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9ED57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9ED57	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)

#F7DD44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE3CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ed57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 237, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.192 130.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f38d',
    500: '#a9ed57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ed57;
$custom-light: #c6f38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ed57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.2,
    "s": 80.645,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8716,
    "c": 0.19211,
    "h": 130.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9ED57

secondary

#6E33B6

accent

#09DD69

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9ED57

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

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