#A9C138#A9C138

#A9C138 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	#A9C138
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.10, -26.11, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.10, 67.77, 112.66°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0774 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.16 119)
XYZ	xyz(36.1467, 46.8607, 10.8814)
Luminance	0.4686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C138 #5038C1

analogous

#C19538 #A9C138 #65C138

triadic

#A9C138 #38A9C1 #C138A9

tetradic

#A9C138 #38C195 #5038C1 #C13865

square

#A9C138 #38C195 #5038C1 #C13865

split-complementary

#A9C138 #3865C1 #9538C1

monochromatic

#56621C #7F922A #A9C138 #BFD264 #D2E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A9C138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#A9C138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C138

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C138	1.00	2.02	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.02	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)

#CDB620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.160 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d377',
    500: '#a9c138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c138;
$custom-light: #c6d377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.511,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76779,
    "c": 0.15954,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.4686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C138

secondary

#958ACB

accent

#49DE64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C138

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

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