#A9C338#A9C338

#A9C338 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.162 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9C338
RGBrgb(169, 195, 56)
HSLhsl(71, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(71, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(13.3%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(74.67, -27.07, 63.09)
CIE-LCHlch(74.67, 68.65, 113.22°)
OKLaboklab(77.24% -0.0801 0.1407)
OKLCHoklch(77.24% 0.162 119.7)
XYZxyz(36.5918, 47.7509, 11.0298)
Luminance0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C338 #5238C3
analogous
#C39838 #A9C338 #64C338
triadic
#A9C338 #38A9C3 #C338A9
tetradic
#A9C338 #38C398 #5238C3 #C33864
square
#A9C338 #38C398 #5238C3 #C33864
split-complementary
#A9C338 #3864C3 #9838C3
monochromatic
#57641D #80932A #A9C338 #BED365 #D2E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#A9C338 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55
#A9C338 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C338
10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C338#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C3381.001.9910.5510.55
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5521.001.001.00
##00000010.5521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFB81F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB844
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3B9A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 195, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.162 119.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d578',
    500: '#a9c338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c338;
$custom-light: #c6d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.223,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77236,
    "c": 0.16187,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C338
secondary
#978BCC
accent
#49DF65
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#131409
muted
#82837B

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#A9C338 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva