#A9C537#A9C537

#A9C537 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	#A9C537
RGB	rgb(169, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -28.08, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 69.89, 113.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.083 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.165 120.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.0187, 48.6435, 11.0526)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C537 #5337C5

analogous

#C59A37 #A9C537 #62C537

triadic

#A9C537 #37A9C5 #C537A9

tetradic

#A9C537 #37C59A #5337C5 #C53762

square

#A9C537 #37C59A #5337C5 #C53762

split-complementary

#A9C537 #3762C5 #9A37C5

monochromatic

#57651C #80952A #A9C537 #BED465 #D2E195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#A9C537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#A9C537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C537

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C537	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)

#D1BA1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.165 120.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d677',
    500: '#a9c537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c537;
$custom-light: #c6d677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.831,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77686,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C537

secondary

#988BCD

accent

#48E066

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C537

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

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