#A9C838#A9C838

#A9C838 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 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C838
RGB	rgb(169, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(73, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -29.46, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 70.89, 114.55°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0866 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.168 121.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.7309, 50.0291, 11.4095)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C838 #5738C8

analogous

#C89F38 #A9C838 #61C838

triadic

#A9C838 #38A9C8 #C838A9

tetradic

#A9C838 #38C89F #5738C8 #C83861

square

#A9C838 #38C89F #5738C8 #C83861

split-complementary

#A9C838 #3861C8 #9F38C8

monochromatic

#58691D #81992A #A9C838 #BED568 #D2E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A9C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#A9C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C838

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C838	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.168 121.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d878',
    500: '#a9c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c838;
$custom-light: #c6d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.917,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7838,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 121.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C838

secondary

#403273

accent

#48E069

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C838

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

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