#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
RGB	rgb(169, 195, 56)
HSL	hsl(71, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -27.07, 63.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 68.65, 113.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0801 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.162 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.5918, 47.7509, 11.0298)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9C338	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)

#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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C338

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

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