#A9C538#A9C538

#A9C538 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.164 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C538
RGB	rgb(169, 197, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -28.03, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 69.55, 113.77°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% -0.0827 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.164 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0429, 48.6532, 11.1801)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C538 #5438C5

analogous

#C59B38 #A9C538 #63C538

triadic

#A9C538 #38A9C5 #C538A9

tetradic

#A9C538 #38C59B #5438C5 #C53863

square

#A9C538 #38C59B #5438C5 #C53863

split-complementary

#A9C538 #3863C5 #9B38C5

monochromatic

#57661D #80952A #A9C538 #BED467 #D2E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#A9C538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#A9C538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C538

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C538	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)

#D1BA1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BBAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.164 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d678',
    500: '#a9c538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c538;
$custom-light: #c6d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.915,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77693,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C538

secondary

#998CCD

accent

#49DF67

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C538

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

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