#A9C381#A9C381

#A9C381 is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.093 H 125.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C381
RGB	rgb(169, 195, 129)
HSL	hsl(84, 35%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(84, 34%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.3%, 0%, 33.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.48, -20.13, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.48, 36.41, 123.56°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0547 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.093 125.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.8393, 49.0499, 28.1333)
Luminance	0.4905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C381 #9B81C3

analogous

#C3BC81 #A9C381 #88C381

triadic

#A9C381 #81A9C3 #C381A9

tetradic

#A9C381 #81C3BC #9B81C3 #C38188

square

#A9C381 #81C3BC #9B81C3 #C38188

split-complementary

#A9C381 #8188C3 #BC81C3

monochromatic

#6C8941 #8DAF58 #A9C381 #C5D7AA #E2EAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#A9C381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#A9C381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C381

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C381	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CABB7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BA84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADBDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 195, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.093 125.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3d5a6',
    500: '#a9c381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c381;
$custom-light: #c3d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 83.636,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78154,
    "c": 0.0932,
    "h": 125.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C381

secondary

#CDC4DC

accent

#37AE66

background

#FCFDFA

surface

#F8FAF4

border

#D1D3CE

text

#12140F

muted

#81837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C381

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

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