#A9C837#A9C837

#A9C837 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.168 H 121.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C837
RGB	rgb(169, 200, 55)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(73, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.08, -29.51, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.08, 71.22, 114.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0869 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.168 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7067, 50.0194, 11.2820)
Luminance	0.5002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C837 #5637C8

analogous

#C89F37 #A9C837 #60C837

triadic

#A9C837 #37A9C8 #C837A9

tetradic

#A9C837 #37C89F #5637C8 #C83760

square

#A9C837 #37C89F #5637C8 #C83760

split-complementary

#A9C837 #3760C8 #9F37C8

monochromatic

#58681D #80982A #A9C837 #BED567 #D2E297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A9C837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#A9C837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C837

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C837	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.168 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d878',
    500: '#a9c837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c837;
$custom-light: #c6d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.828,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78373,
    "c": 0.16831,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C837

secondary

#3F3172

accent

#48E068

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C837

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

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