#A9F277#A9F277
#A9F277 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.172 H 134.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9F277 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 242, 119) |
| HSL | hsl(96, 83%, 71%) |
| HSV | hsv(96, 51%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(30.2%, 0%, 50.8%, 5.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(88.58, -43.29, 51.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(88.58, 67.50, 129.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(88.67% -0.1197 0.1237) |
| OKLCH | oklch(88.67% 0.172 134.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.4431, 73.2694, 28.8812) |
| Luminance | 0.7327 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 1.92
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 2.96
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 3.17
Light Green
#96F97B
ΔE00 3.22
Pistachio (survey)
#C0FA8B
ΔE00 3.25
Key Lime
#AEFF6E
ΔE00 3.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9F277 #C077F2
analogous
#E6F277 #A9F277 #77F282
triadic
#A9F277 #77A9F2 #F277A9
tetradic
#A9F277 #77E6F2 #C077F2 #F28277
square
#A9F277 #77E6F2 #C077F2 #F28277
split-complementary
#A9F277 #8277F2 #F277E6
monochromatic
#65DA15 #86ED3F #A9F277 #CCF7AF #EDFCE3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.34
#A9F277 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
15.65
#A9F277 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9F277
15.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9F277 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9F277 | 1.00 | 1.34 | 15.65 | 15.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.34 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 15.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 15.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FAE26C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F0DC7F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#A9EAD6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#DEDEDE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9f277; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 242, 119); /* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.172 134.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6f6a1',
500: '#a9f277',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9f277; $custom-light: #c6f6a1; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9f277",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 242,
"b": 119
},
"hsl": {
"h": 95.61,
"s": 82.55,
"l": 70.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.88666,
"c": 0.17209,
"h": 134.1
},
"luminance": 0.73271
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9F277
secondary
#9441CC
accent
#07DF87
background
#FDFFFC
surface
#F9FEF5
border
#D2D6CF
text
#13170F
muted
#828580