#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
RGB	rgb(169, 209, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 62%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 0%, 73.2%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.65, -33.66, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.65, 74.95, 116.68°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0982 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.178 123.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.8769, 54.3212, 12.1248)
Luminance	0.5432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##A9D138	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A9D138

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

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