#A9CD38#A9CD38

#A9CD38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.174 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CD38
RGB	rgb(169, 205, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 0%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -31.80, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 73.14, 115.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0931 0.1465)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.174 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.9078, 52.3831, 11.8018)
Luminance	0.5238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CD38 #5C38CD

analogous

#CDA638 #A9CD38 #5ECD38

triadic

#A9CD38 #38A9CD #CD38A9

tetradic

#A9CD38 #38CDA6 #5C38CD #CD385E

square

#A9CD38 #38CDA6 #5C38CD #CD385E

split-complementary

#A9CD38 #385ECD #A638CD

monochromatic

#5B6F1C #83A028 #A9CD38 #BED969 #D3E69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#A9CD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CD38

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CD38	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C3B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cd38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 205, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.174 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6dc79',
    500: '#a9cd38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cd38;
$custom-light: #c6dc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cd38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.497,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79528,
    "c": 0.17358,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CD38

secondary

#423178

accent

#45E36B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CD38

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

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