#A9F966#A9F966
#A9F966 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.771; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.196 H 133.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9F966 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 249, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(93, 92%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(93, 59%, 98%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(32.1%, 0%, 59%, 2.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(90.39, -47.97, 61.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(90.39, 77.98, 127.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(90.08% -0.1338 0.1432) |
| OKLCH | oklch(90.08% 0.196 133.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.6353, 77.1437, 24.6847) |
| Luminance | 0.7715 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Light Lime
#AEFD6C
ΔE00 0.93
Key Lime
#AEFF6E
ΔE00 1.30
Spring Green (survey)
#A9F971
ΔE00 1.31
Pale Lime Green
#B1FF65
ΔE00 1.58
Light Grass Green
#9AF764
ΔE00 1.81
Light Lime Green
#B9FF66
ΔE00 2.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9F966 #B666F9
analogous
#F3F966 #A9F966 #66F96D
triadic
#A9F966 #66A9F9 #F966A9
tetradic
#A9F966 #66F3F9 #B666F9 #F96D66
square
#A9F966 #66F3F9 #B666F9 #F96D66
split-complementary
#A9F966 #6D66F9 #F966F3
monochromatic
#69DC09 #88F72B #A9F966 #CAFBA1 #EBFEDC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.28
#A9F966 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
16.43
#A9F966 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9F966
16.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9F966 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9F966 | 1.00 | 1.28 | 16.43 | 16.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 16.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 16.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#FFE856
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#F7E171
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#AAF0D9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#E3E3E3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9f966; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 249, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.196 133.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7fb96',
500: '#a9f966',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9f966; $custom-light: #c7fb96; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9f966",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 249,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 92.653,
"s": 92.453,
"l": 68.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.90082,
"c": 0.19595,
"h": 133.1
},
"luminance": 0.77146
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9F966
secondary
#8930D3
accent
#00E67D
background
#FEFFFC
surface
#FAFFF5
border
#D3D7CF
text
#13170E
muted
#83857F