#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
RGBrgb(169, 197, 55)
HSLhsl(72, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(72, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(14.2%, 0%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.23, -28.08, 63.99)
CIE-LCHlch(75.23, 69.89, 113.69°)
OKLaboklab(77.69% -0.083 0.1424)
OKLCHoklch(77.69% 0.165 120.2)
XYZxyz(37.0187, 48.6435, 11.0526)
Luminance0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##A9C5371.001.9610.7310.73
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7321.001.001.00
##00000010.7321.001.001.00

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

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#A9C537 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva