#A9F261#A9F261

#A9F261 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.191 H 131.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9F261
RGB	rgb(169, 242, 97)
HSL	hsl(90, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(90, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(30.2%, 0%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -45.44, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 76.31, 126.54°)
OKLab	oklab(88.41% -0.1272 0.1423)
OKLCH	oklch(88.41% 0.191 131.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.2714, 72.8007, 22.7102)
Luminance	0.7280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9F261 #AA61F2

analogous

#F1F261 #A9F261 #61F262

triadic

#A9F261 #61A9F2 #F261A9

tetradic

#A9F261 #61F1F2 #AA61F2 #F26261

square

#A9F261 #61F1F2 #AA61F2 #F26261

split-complementary

#A9F261 #6261F2 #F261F1

monochromatic

#6CC810 #8AED28 #A9F261 #C8F79A #E7FBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#A9F261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#A9F261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9F261

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9F261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9F261	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABE9D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9f261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 242, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.191 131.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6f693',
    500: '#a9f261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9f261;
$custom-light: #c6f693;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9f261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.207,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88412,
    "c": 0.19088,
    "h": 131.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.72802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9F261

secondary

#7C32C5

accent

#04E174

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFEF4

border

#D3D6CE

text

#13170D

muted

#83857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9F261

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

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