#A9FA79#A9FA79

#A9FA79 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 90.5% C 0.181 H 135.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9FA79
RGB	rgb(169, 250, 121)
HSL	hsl(98, 93%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(98, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.4%, 0%, 51.6%, 2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.86, -46.51, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.86, 70.99, 130.93°)
OKLab	oklab(90.53% -0.1284 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(90.53% 0.181 135.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.9977, 78.1846, 30.3315)
Luminance	0.7819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Spring Green (survey)

Light Yellowish Green

#C2FF89

ΔE00 3.20

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9FA79 #CA79FA

analogous

#EAFA79 #A9FA79 #79FA89

triadic

#A9FA79 #79A9FA #FA79A9

tetradic

#A9FA79 #79EAFA #CA79FA #FA8979

square

#A9FA79 #79EAFA #CA79FA #FA8979

split-complementary

#A9FA79 #8979FA #FA79EA

monochromatic

#5FF009 #83F83E #A9FA79 #CFFCB4 #ECFEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#A9FA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#A9FA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9FA79

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9FA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9FA79	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8F2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9fa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 250, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.5% 0.181 135.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6fca2',
    500: '#a9fa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9fa79;
$custom-light: #c6fca2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9fa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 250,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 97.674,
    "s": 92.806,
    "l": 72.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90531,
    "c": 0.1812,
    "h": 135.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9FA79

secondary

#9F41D7

accent

#00E690

background

#FEFFFC

surface

#FAFFF6

border

#D3D7D0

text

#13170F

muted

#838580

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9FA79

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

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