#A9C437#A9C437

#A9C437 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.164 H 119.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C437
RGB	rgb(169, 196, 55)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -27.61, 63.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 69.44, 113.43°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0816 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.164 119.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7924, 48.1909, 10.9772)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C437 #5237C4

analogous

#C49837 #A9C437 #63C437

triadic

#A9C437 #37A9C4 #C437A9

tetradic

#A9C437 #37C498 #5237C4 #C43763

square

#A9C437 #37C498 #5237C4 #C43763

split-complementary

#A9C437 #3763C4 #9837C4

monochromatic

#57641C #80942A #A9C437 #BED465 #D2E194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A9C437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#A9C437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C437

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C437	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 196, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.164 119.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d577',
    500: '#a9c437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c437;
$custom-light: #c6d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.489,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77458,
    "c": 0.16365,
    "h": 119.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C437

secondary

#978BCC

accent

#48DF65

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C437

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

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