#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
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -26.59, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 68.21, 112.95°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0787 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.161 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3685, 47.3043, 10.9553)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9C238	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C238

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

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