#A9C239#A9C239

#A9C239 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.160 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C239
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 57)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 70.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, -26.54, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 67.86, 113.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0785 0.1395)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.16 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3932, 47.3142, 11.0854)
Luminance	0.4731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C239 #5239C2

analogous

#C29739 #A9C239 #65C239

triadic

#A9C239 #39A9C2 #C239A9

tetradic

#A9C239 #39C297 #5239C2 #C23965

square

#A9C239 #39C297 #5239C2 #C23965

split-complementary

#A9C239 #3965C2 #9739C2

monochromatic

#57631D #80932B #A9C239 #BED266 #D2E095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A9C239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#A9C239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C239

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C239	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)

#CEB721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.160 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d478',
    500: '#a9c239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c239;
$custom-light: #c6d478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.949,
    "s": 54.582,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77015,
    "c": 0.16008,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C239

secondary

#978BCB

accent

#4ADE65

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C239

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

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