#A9D138#A9D138

#A9D138 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.178 H 123.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9D138
RGBrgb(169, 209, 56)
HSLhsl(76, 62%, 52%)
HSVhsv(76, 73%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(19.1%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LABlab(78.65, -33.66, 66.97)
CIE-LCHlch(78.65, 74.95, 116.68°)
OKLaboklab(80.45% -0.0982 0.1488)
OKLCHoklch(80.45% 0.178 123.4)
XYZxyz(39.8769, 54.3212, 12.1248)
Luminance0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9D138 #6038D1
analogous
#D1AC38 #A9D138 #5DD138
triadic
#A9D138 #38A9D1 #D138A9
tetradic
#A9D138 #38D1AC #6038D1 #D1385D
square
#A9D138 #38D1AC #6038D1 #D1385D
split-complementary
#A9D138 #385DD1 #AC38D1
monochromatic
#5D741B #84A626 #A9D138 #BEDC6A #D4E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77
#A9D138 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86
#A9D138 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D138
11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9D138#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9D1381.001.7711.8611.86
#FFFFFF1.771.0021.0021.00
#00000011.8621.001.001.00
##00000011.8621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC418
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D8C246
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B1C7B4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9d138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 209, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.178 123.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6df79',
    500: '#a9d138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9d138;
$custom-light: #c6df79;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9d138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.686,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80448,
    "c": 0.1783,
    "h": 123.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9D138
secondary
#45317C
accent
#42E66D
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FAFCF2
border
#D3D5CC
text
#13150A
muted
#83847D

Preview Lab

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#A9D138 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva