#A9C237#A9C237

#A9C237 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.161 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C237
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 71.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -26.65, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 68.55, 112.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77% -0.079 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(77% 0.161 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3443, 47.2946, 10.8278)
Luminance	0.4729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C237 #5037C2

analogous

#C29637 #A9C237 #64C237

triadic

#A9C237 #37A9C2 #C237A9

tetradic

#A9C237 #37C296 #5037C2 #C23764

square

#A9C237 #37C296 #5037C2 #C23764

split-complementary

#A9C237 #3764C2 #9637C2

monochromatic

#56631C #7F9229 #A9C237 #BFD363 #D2E093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A9C237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#A9C237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C237

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C237	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.161 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d477',
    500: '#a9c237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c237;
$custom-light: #c6d477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.791,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77001,
    "c": 0.16132,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C237

secondary

#9589CB

accent

#49DF64

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C237

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

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