#A9C137#A9C137

#A9C137 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.160 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C137
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 55)
HSL	hsl(70, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(70, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 71.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -26.16, 62.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 68.11, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.0776 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.16 119)
XYZ	xyz(36.1225, 46.8510, 10.7539)
Luminance	0.4685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C137 #4F37C1

analogous

#C19437 #A9C137 #64C137

triadic

#A9C137 #37A9C1 #C137A9

tetradic

#A9C137 #37C194 #4F37C1 #C13764

square

#A9C137 #37C194 #4F37C1 #C13764

split-complementary

#A9C137 #3764C1 #9437C1

monochromatic

#56621C #7F9129 #A9C137 #BFD263 #D3E092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A9C137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#A9C137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C137

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C137	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)

#CEB61E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.160 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d377',
    500: '#a9c137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c137;
$custom-light: #c6d377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.435,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76772,
    "c": 0.16016,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.46851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C137

secondary

#9489CB

accent

#49DF63

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C137

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

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