#A9D237#A9D237

#A9D237 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.180 H 123.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D237
RGB	rgb(169, 210, 55)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 74%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 73.8%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -34.17, 67.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 75.72, 116.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0997 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.18 123.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.0988, 54.8038, 12.0793)
Luminance	0.5480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D237 #6037D2

analogous

#D2AE37 #A9D237 #5CD237

triadic

#A9D237 #37A9D2 #D237A9

tetradic

#A9D237 #37D2AE #6037D2 #D2375C

square

#A9D237 #37D2AE #6037D2 #D2375C

split-complementary

#A9D237 #375CD2 #AE37D2

monochromatic

#5D741A #84A625 #A9D237 #BEDD69 #D4E89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A9D237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#A9D237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D237

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D237	1.00	1.76	11.96	11.96
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC515

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 210, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.180 123.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e079',
    500: '#a9d237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d237;
$custom-light: #c6e079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.871,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80672,
    "c": 0.18004,
    "h": 123.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D237

secondary

#45307D

accent

#41E66D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D237

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

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