#A9C240#A9C240

#A9C240 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.155 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C240
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.44, -26.12, 59.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.44, 65.31, 113.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0767 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.155 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5800, 47.3889, 12.0694)
Luminance	0.4739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C240 #5940C2

analogous

#C29A40 #A9C240 #68C240

triadic

#A9C240 #40A9C2 #C240A9

tetradic

#A9C240 #40C29A #5940C2 #C24068

square

#A9C240 #40C29A #5940C2 #C24068

split-complementary

#A9C240 #4068C2 #9A40C2

monochromatic

#596721 #829530 #A9C240 #BED16E #D3E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#A9C240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#A9C240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C240

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C240	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B8A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.155 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d47c',
    500: '#a9c240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c240;
$custom-light: #c6d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.538,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77068,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C240

secondary

#9D92CC

accent

#4DDB68

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C240

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

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