#A9C340#A9C340

#A9C340 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.157 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C340
RGB	rgb(169, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(72, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(72, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -26.60, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 65.77, 113.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% -0.078 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.157 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8033, 47.8356, 12.1438)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C340 #5A40C3

analogous

#C39B40 #A9C340 #68C340

triadic

#A9C340 #40A9C3 #C340A9

tetradic

#A9C340 #40C39B #5A40C3 #C34068

square

#A9C340 #40C39B #5A40C3 #C34068

split-complementary

#A9C340 #4068C3 #9B40C3

monochromatic

#5A6821 #82972F #A9C340 #BED26F #D3E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#A9C340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#A9C340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C340

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C340	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.157 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d57c',
    500: '#a9c340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c340;
$custom-light: #c6d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.908,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77296,
    "c": 0.15656,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C340

secondary

#9E92CC

accent

#4CDC69

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C340

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

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