#A9D238#A9D238

#A9D238 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.179 H 123.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D238
RGB	rgb(169, 210, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 73.3%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.93, -34.12, 67.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.93, 75.40, 116.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0995 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.179 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1230, 54.8134, 12.2069)
Luminance	0.5481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D238 #6138D2

analogous

#D2AE38 #A9D238 #5CD238

triadic

#A9D238 #38A9D2 #D238A9

tetradic

#A9D238 #38D2AE #6138D2 #D2385C

square

#A9D238 #38D2AE #6138D2 #D2385C

split-complementary

#A9D238 #385CD2 #AE38D2

monochromatic

#5D751A #85A726 #A9D238 #BFDD6A #D4E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A9D238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#A9D238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D238

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D238	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)

#DEC518

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 210, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.179 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e079',
    500: '#a9d238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d238;
$custom-light: #c6e079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.974,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80679,
    "c": 0.17947,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D238

secondary

#45317E

accent

#42E66D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D238

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

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