#A9C536#A9C536

#A9C536 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.165 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C536
RGB	rgb(169, 197, 54)
HSL	hsl(72, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(72, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -28.14, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 70.22, 113.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.68% -0.0832 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(77.68% 0.165 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.9950, 48.6340, 10.9277)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C536 #5236C5

analogous

#C59A36 #A9C536 #62C536

triadic

#A9C536 #36A9C5 #C536A9

tetradic

#A9C536 #36C59A #5236C5 #C53662

square

#A9C536 #36C59A #5236C5 #C53662

split-complementary

#A9C536 #3662C5 #9A36C5

monochromatic

#57651C #809529 #A9C536 #BED464 #D2E294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#A9C536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#A9C536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C536

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C536	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BBA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.165 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d677',
    500: '#a9c536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c536;
$custom-light: #c6d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.748,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7768,
    "c": 0.16541,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C536

secondary

#978ACD

accent

#48E065

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C536

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

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