#A9C438#A9C438

#A9C438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.163 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C438
RGB	rgb(169, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(72, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.95, -27.55, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.95, 69.10, 113.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0814 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.163 120)
XYZ	xyz(36.8166, 48.2006, 11.1047)
Luminance	0.4820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C438 #5338C4

analogous

#C49938 #A9C438 #63C438

triadic

#A9C438 #38A9C4 #C438A9

tetradic

#A9C438 #38C499 #5338C4 #C43863

square

#A9C438 #38C499 #5338C4 #C43863

split-complementary

#A9C438 #3863C4 #9938C4

monochromatic

#57651D #80942A #A9C438 #BED366 #D2E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#A9C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#A9C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C438

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C438	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)

#D0B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.163 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d578',
    500: '#a9c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c438;
$custom-light: #c6d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77464,
    "c": 0.16303,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C438

secondary

#988CCC

accent

#49DF66

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C438

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

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