HEX atlas value

#A9C889

#A9C889 is a cool green HEX color nearest Willow Green. RGB 169, 200, 137, HSL 90° 36% 66%, luminance 0.5155; view contrast and conversions.

green cool earth-tone

#A9C889 Sample readable text

HEX #A9C889

RGB rgb(169, 200, 137)

HSL hsl(90 36% 66%)

CMYK cmyk(16, 0, 32, 22)

Luminance 0.5155

Contrast Black 11.31:1White 1.86:1

CSS

--color-a9c889: #A9C889;
.background-a9c889 { background-color: #A9C889; }
.text-a9c889 { color: #A9C889; }

HEX meaning and use

About #A9C889

#A9C889 is classified as a cool green value with earth tone visual character. #A9C889 is visually closest to Willow Green, a named green color with HEX #A8B88F.

The RGB channels are 169, 200, and 137, with green carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 90deg with 36% saturation and 66% lightness, so this page treats it as a moderate-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and natural palettes. Its luminance is 0.5155, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 17.12, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text11.31:1AA Pass

White text1.86:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A, #36454F.

AAA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #A9C889 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#00000011.31:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF1.86:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#D6E5C8#D6E5C8 · #000000 text · best 15.9:1 #A8DB76#A8DB76 · #000000 text · best 13.06:1 #C8C889#C8C889 · #000000 text · best 12.08:1 Lichen#9BC4A2 · #000000 text · best 10.81:1 #89C889#89C889 · #000000 text · best 10.69:1

Generated Palette

#A9C889#A9C889

#A889C8#A889C8

#C8C889#C8C889

#89C889#89C889

#D6E5C8#D6E5C8

#7AA64E#7AA64E

Color Harmonies

#A889C8#A889C8

#C8C889#C8C889

#89C889#89C889

#89A8C8#89A8C8

#C889A8#C889A8

Variants

#D6E5C8#D6E5C8

#7AA64E#7AA64E

#A8DB76#A8DB76

#A8B49C#A8B49C

#E8EDE3#E8EDE3

#BDFF7A#BDFF7A

Nearest Named Colors

Willow Green#A8B88F

Laurel Green#A9BA9D

Sage Green#9CAF88

Lichen#9BC4A2

Dark Sea Green#8FBC8F

Luminance0.5155

Black text11.31:1AA Pass

White text1.86:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#A9C889","rgb":[169,200,137],"hsl":[90,36,66],"cmyk":[16,0,32,22],"luminance":0.5155,"contrast":{"black":11.31,"white":1.86}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"AAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":11.31,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":1.86,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#D6E5C8","hex":"#D6E5C8","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":15.9,"contrastWhite":1.32,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#A8DB76","hex":"#A8DB76","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":13.06,"contrastWhite":1.61,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#C8C889","hex":"#C8C889","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":12.08,"contrastWhite":1.74,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Lichen","hex":"#9BC4A2","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.81,"contrastWhite":1.94,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"#89C889","hex":"#89C889","family":"green","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.69,"contrastWhite":1.97,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["cool green","earth tone","earth tone green","Willow Green adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","natural palettes","botanical and wellness palettes"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/a9c889.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/willow-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/laurel-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/sage-green.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#A889C8","analogous":["#C8C889","#89C889"],"triadic":["#89A8C8","#C889A8"],"tetradic":["#89C8C8","#A889C8","#C88989"],"splitComplementary":["#8989C8","#C889C8"],"monochromatic":["#D6E5C8","#A9C889","#7AA64E"]}

Variants

{"light":"#D6E5C8","dark":"#7AA64E","saturated":"#A8DB76","desaturated":"#A8B49C","pastel":"#E8EDE3","neon":"#BDFF7A"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"willow-green","name":"Willow Green","hex":"#A8B88F","distance":17.11724276862369},{"slug":"laurel-green","name":"Laurel Green","hex":"#A9BA9D","distance":24.413111231467404},{"slug":"sage-green","name":"Sage Green","hex":"#9CAF88","distance":28.19574435974337},{"slug":"lichen","name":"Lichen","hex":"#9BC4A2","distance":28.930952282978865},{"slug":"dark-sea-green","name":"Dark Sea Green","hex":"#8FBC8F","distance":29.257477676655586}]

#A9C889

CSS

About #A9C889

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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