#A9D239#A9D239

#A9D239 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	#A9D239
RGB	rgb(169, 210, 57)
HSL	hsl(76, 63%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 73%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 0%, 72.9%, 17.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.94, -34.07, 66.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.94, 75.08, 116.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0992 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.179 123.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1477, 54.8233, 12.3370)
Luminance	0.5482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D239 #6239D2

analogous

#D2AE39 #A9D239 #5DD239

triadic

#A9D239 #39A9D2 #D239A9

tetradic

#A9D239 #39D2AE #6239D2 #D2395D

square

#A9D239 #39D2AE #6239D2 #D2395D

split-complementary

#A9D239 #395DD2 #AE39D2

monochromatic

#5D761B #85A826 #A9D239 #BFDD6B #D4E99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#A9D239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.96

#A9D239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D239

11.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D239	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)

#DEC51A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C8B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 210, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.179 123.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e07a',
    500: '#a9d239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d239;
$custom-light: #c6e07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.078,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80685,
    "c": 0.1789,
    "h": 123.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D239

secondary

#46317E

accent

#42E66E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D239

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

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