#A9ED65#A9ED65
#A9ED65 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.699; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.181 H 131.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9ED65 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 237, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(90, 79%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(90, 57%, 93%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(28.7%, 0%, 57.4%, 7.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(86.97, -42.92, 58.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(86.97, 72.18, 126.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.3% -0.12 0.1357) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.3% 0.181 131.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9947, 69.9415, 23.2281) |
| Luminance | 0.6994 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 2.80
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 3.23
Kiwi
#9CEF43
ΔE00 3.31
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 3.36
Pale Lime
#BEFD73
ΔE00 3.73
Key Lime
#AEFF6E
ΔE00 3.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9ED65 #A965ED
analogous
#EDED65 #A9ED65 #65ED65
triadic
#A9ED65 #65A9ED #ED65A9
tetradic
#A9ED65 #65EDED #A965ED #ED6565
square
#A9ED65 #65EDED #A965ED #ED6565
split-complementary
#A9ED65 #6565ED #ED65ED
monochromatic
#6CC117 #8AE72E #A9ED65 #C8F39C #E6FAD3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.40
#A9ED65 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.99
#A9ED65 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9ED65
14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9ED65 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9ED65 | 1.00 | 1.40 | 14.99 | 14.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.40 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#F6DD57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD86F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#ABE4CF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DADADA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9ed65; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 237, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.181 131.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6f395',
500: '#a9ed65',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9ed65; $custom-light: #c6f395; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9ed65",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 237,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 90,
"s": 79.07,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.873,
"c": 0.18113,
"h": 131.5
},
"luminance": 0.69943
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9ED65
secondary
#7B37BF
accent
#0ADB73
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFEF5
border
#D3D6CF
text
#13170E
muted
#83857F