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#A4E109 — Vivid Green

#A4E109 is a green color we call Vivid Green, closest to the named color YellowGreen (#9ACD32). It belongs to the green family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: yellowgreen (#9ACD32) — not an exact match. CSS yellowgreen gives you #9ACD32, a different color; use #A4E109 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#A4E109 is a warm-leaning green color associated with growth, calm and balance. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #4709E1; it also sits naturally between #E1B209 and #38E109. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#A4E109 · RGB 164, 225, 9

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Color values

HEX#A4E109
RGB164, 225, 9
HSL77°, 92%, 46%
HSV77°, 96%, 88%
CMYK27%, 0%, 96%, 12%
XYZ42.28, 61.76, 9.95
Yxy61.76, 0.3709, 0.5418
CIE-Lab82.79, -44.11, 80.23
Hunter Lab78.59, -37.89, 44.89

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 64% · Green 88% · Blue 4%

Cyan 27% · Magenta 0% · Yellow 96% · Key 12%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #A4E109 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #A4E109 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #A4E109

.text { color: #A4E109; }
.background { background-color: #A4E109; }
.border { border: 3px solid #A4E109; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(164, 225, 9); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(77, 92%, 46%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #A4E109; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(164, 225, 9, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #A4E109; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(164, 225, 9, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#A4E109">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#A4E109">Div content here</div>

Shades of #A4E109

#96CE09#88BA08#76A207#678E06#597A05#4B6704#3D5303#2B3B02#1D2702#0E1401

Tints of #A4E109

#B4F50F#BCF628#C3F740#CBF859#D3F971#DAFA89#E2FBA2#EAFCBA#F1FDD3#F9FEEB

Tones of #A4E109

#9DD219#97C328#90B337#89A348#839457#7C8566

Color harmonies

Complementary — #4709E1:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.57:1 Fails
Against black text13.35:1 AAA

Best text color on #A4E109: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #A4E109

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #A4E109: ·

How #A4E109 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #BEBF3DDeuteranopia · #BBB64ATritanopia · #A76770

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind lime 500 · #84CC16Material Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Light Green 500 · #8BC34A

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #A4E109 rather than the exact color:

Palette Fffadc
#FFFADC · #B6F500 · #A4DD00 · #98CD00
Palette 059212
#059212 · #06D001 · #9BEC00 · #F3FF90
Palette 78c841
#78C841 · #B4E50D · #FF9B2F · #FB4141
Vintage Meadow
#BD4417 · #94720F · #A4CE0F · #39990F
Palette Fdf1db
#FDF1DB · #A6CB12 · #E00543 · #84253E
Vintage Ruby Bloom
#13122E · #FC4A9A · #F9594D · #A2F713

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#A4DD00#9BEC00#B4E50D#A4CE0F#A6CB12#A2F713#98CD00#BBDC12#98CB0F#8ED915#A3D321#A0CF1E

Browse neighbouring colors

← #A4E108  ·  #A4E10A →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #A4E109?

#A4E109 is Vivid Green, a green color (RGB 164, 225, 9). Its closest standard named color is YellowGreen.

What is the RGB and HSL of #A4E109?

#A4E109 is RGB 164, 225, 9 — HSL 77°, 92%, 46% — CMYK 27%, 0%, 96%, 12%.

What colors go with #A4E109?

Its complement is #4709E1; analogous partners are #E1B209 and #38E109. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #A4E109 for text?

Black text on #A4E109 has a contrast ratio of 13.35:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.57:1.