#A9EF56#A9EF56

#A9EF56 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.195 H 130.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9EF56
RGB	rgb(169, 239, 86)
HSL	hsl(87, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(87, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(29.3%, 0%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.41, -45.05, 64.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.41, 78.91, 124.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.61% -0.127 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(87.61% 0.195 130.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.9080, 70.8384, 19.8987)
Luminance	0.7084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9EF56 #9C56EF

analogous

#EFE856 #A9EF56 #5CEF56

triadic

#A9EF56 #56A9EF #EF56A9

tetradic

#A9EF56 #56EFE8 #9C56EF #EF565C

square

#A9EF56 #56EFE8 #9C56EF #EF565C

split-complementary

#A9EF56 #565CEF #E856EF

monochromatic

#6CB912 #8DEA1E #A9EF56 #C5F48E #E2FAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#A9EF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#A9EF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9EF56

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9EF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9EF56	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9DE42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0D962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADE5CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ef56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 239, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.195 130.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7f48c',
    500: '#a9ef56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ef56;
$custom-light: #c7f48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ef56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 239,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 87.451,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87614,
    "c": 0.19536,
    "h": 130.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.7084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9EF56

secondary

#6F31B8

accent

#06DF6A

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9EF56

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →