#A9EE59#A9EE59

#A9EE59 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.192 H 130.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EE59
RGB	rgb(169, 238, 89)
HSL	hsl(88, 81%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(88, 63%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(29%, 0%, 62.6%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.15, -44.39, 63.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.15, 77.31, 125.04°)
OKLab	oklab(87.41% -0.1249 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(87.41% 0.192 130.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.7395, 70.3039, 20.4513)
Luminance	0.7030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Kiwi

#9CEF43

ΔE00 2.16

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EE59 #9E59EE

analogous

#EEE859 #A9EE59 #5FEE59

triadic

#A9EE59 #59A9EE #EE59A9

tetradic

#A9EE59 #59EEE8 #9E59EE #EE595F

square

#A9EE59 #59EEE8 #9E59EE #EE595F

split-complementary

#A9EE59 #595FEE #E859EE

monochromatic

#6CBA13 #8CE821 #A9EE59 #C6F491 #E3F9C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#A9EE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.06

#A9EE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EE59

15.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EE59	1.00	1.39	15.06	15.06
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8DE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACE4CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ee59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 238, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.192 130.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f48e',
    500: '#a9ee59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ee59;
$custom-light: #c6f48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ee59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.785,
    "s": 81.421,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8741,
    "c": 0.1919,
    "h": 130.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.70305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EE59

secondary

#7133B9

accent

#08DE6B

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EE59

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

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