#A9C238#A9C238

#A9C238 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#A9C238
RGBrgb(169, 194, 56)
HSLhsl(71, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(71, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(12.9%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.38, -26.59, 62.81)
CIE-LCHlch(74.38, 68.21, 112.95°)
OKLaboklab(77.01% -0.0787 0.1401)
OKLCHoklch(77.01% 0.161 119.3)
XYZxyz(36.3685, 47.3043, 10.9553)
Luminance0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C238 #5138C2
analogous
#C29638 #A9C238 #64C238
triadic
#A9C238 #38A9C2 #C238A9
tetradic
#A9C238 #38C296 #5138C2 #C23864
square
#A9C238 #38C296 #5138C2 #C23864
split-complementary
#A9C238 #3864C2 #9638C2
monochromatic
#56631D #80932A #A9C238 #BFD265 #D2E094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01
#A9C238 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46
#A9C238 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C238
10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C238#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C2381.002.0110.4610.46
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4621.001.001.00
##00000010.4621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEB720
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB743
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3B8A7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.161 119.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d478',
    500: '#a9c238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c238;
$custom-light: #c6d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.87,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77008,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C238
secondary
#968ACB
accent
#49DF64
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#131409
muted
#82837B

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#A9C238 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva