#A9C337#A9C337

#A9C337 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.162 H 119.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C337
RGB	rgb(169, 195, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -27.13, 63.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 69.00, 113.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0803 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.162 119.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5676, 47.7413, 10.9023)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C337 #5137C3

analogous

#C39737 #A9C337 #63C337

triadic

#A9C337 #37A9C3 #C337A9

tetradic

#A9C337 #37C397 #5137C3 #C33763

square

#A9C337 #37C397 #5137C3 #C33763

split-complementary

#A9C337 #3763C3 #9737C3

monochromatic

#56641C #80932A #A9C337 #BFD364 #D2E194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A9C337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#A9C337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C337

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C337	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)

#CFB81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 195, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.162 119.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d577',
    500: '#a9c337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c337;
$custom-light: #c6d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.143,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77229,
    "c": 0.16248,
    "h": 119.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C337

secondary

#968ACC

accent

#49DF65

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C337

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

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