#A9C539#A9C539

#A9C539 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#A9C539
RGBrgb(169, 197, 57)
HSLhsl(72, 55%, 50%)
HSVhsv(72, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(14.2%, 0%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(75.24, -27.98, 63.30)
CIE-LCHlch(75.24, 69.20, 113.84°)
OKLaboklab(77.7% -0.0825 0.1413)
OKLCHoklch(77.7% 0.164 120.3)
XYZxyz(37.0676, 48.6630, 11.3102)
Luminance0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C539 #5539C5
analogous
#C59B39 #A9C539 #63C539
triadic
#A9C539 #39A9C5 #C539A9
tetradic
#A9C539 #39C59B #5539C5 #C53963
square
#A9C539 #39C59B #5539C5 #C53963
split-complementary
#A9C539 #3963C5 #9B39C5
monochromatic
#58661E #80962B #A9C539 #BED368 #D2E197

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96
#A9C539 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73
#A9C539 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C539
10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C539#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C5391.001.9610.7310.73
#FFFFFF1.961.0021.0021.00
#00000010.7321.001.001.00
##00000010.7321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBA45
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2BBAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.164 120.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d678',
    500: '#a9c539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c539;
$custom-light: #c6d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.777,
    "c": 0.16358,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C539
secondary
#9A8DCD
accent
#49DE67
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#13140A
muted
#82837C

Preview Lab

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#A9C539 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva