#A9C336#A9C336
#A9C336 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.163 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9C336 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 195, 54) |
| HSL | hsl(71, 57%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(71, 72%, 76%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 72.3%, 23.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.66, -27.18, 63.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.66, 69.34, 113.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.22% -0.0805 0.1418) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.22% 0.163 119.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.5438, 47.7318, 10.7773) |
| Luminance | 0.4773 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 1.73
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.22
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 2.84
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 2.84
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.18
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9C336 #5036C3
analogous
#C39736 #A9C336 #63C336
triadic
#A9C336 #36A9C3 #C336A9
tetradic
#A9C336 #36C397 #5036C3 #C33663
square
#A9C336 #36C397 #5036C3 #C33663
split-complementary
#A9C336 #3663C3 #9736C3
monochromatic
#56631B #7F9329 #A9C336 #BFD463 #D2E192
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.99
#A9C336 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.55
#A9C336 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9C336
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9C336 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9C336 | 1.00 | 1.99 | 10.55 | 10.55 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.99 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.55 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB81B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB842
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3B9A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9c336; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 195, 54); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.163 119.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6d577',
500: '#a9c336',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9c336; $custom-light: #c6d577; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9c336",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 195,
"b": 54
},
"hsl": {
"h": 71.064,
"s": 56.627,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77222,
"c": 0.16309,
"h": 119.6
},
"luminance": 0.47732
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9C336
secondary
#9589CC
accent
#48E064
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#131409
muted
#82837B