#A9C136#A9C136
#A9C136 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.161 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9C136 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 193, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(70, 56%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(70, 72%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 72%, 24.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.09, -26.22, 63.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.09, 68.46, 112.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.77% -0.0779 0.1407) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.77% 0.161 119) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.0987, 46.8415, 10.6289) |
| Luminance | 0.4684 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 1.59
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.21
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.51
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 2.99
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.02
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.57
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9C136 #4E36C1
analogous
#C19336 #A9C136 #63C136
triadic
#A9C136 #36A9C1 #C136A9
tetradic
#A9C136 #36C193 #4E36C1 #C13663
square
#A9C136 #36C193 #4E36C1 #C13663
split-complementary
#A9C136 #3663C1 #9336C1
monochromatic
#55611B #7F9129 #A9C136 #BFD361 #D3E091
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.03
#A9C136 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.37
#A9C136 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9C136
10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9C136 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9C136 | 1.00 | 2.03 | 10.37 | 10.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB61C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB742
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3B7A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9c136; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.161 119.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6d376',
500: '#a9c136',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9c136; $custom-light: #c6d376; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9c136",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 193,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 70.36,
"s": 56.275,
"l": 48.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76766,
"c": 0.16078,
"h": 119
},
"luminance": 0.46841
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9C136
secondary
#9388CB
accent
#48E062
background
#FCFCF7
surface
#F8F9EE
border
#D1D2C9
text
#131409
muted
#82827B