#A9D338#A9D338

#A9D338 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.181 H 123.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D338
RGB	rgb(169, 211, 56)
HSL	hsl(76, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 0%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.22, -34.58, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.22, 75.86, 117.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% -0.1007 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.181 123.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3707, 55.3088, 12.2894)
Luminance	0.5531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D338 #6238D3

analogous

#D3AF38 #A9D338 #5CD338

triadic

#A9D338 #38A9D3 #D338A9

tetradic

#A9D338 #38D3AF #6238D3 #D3385C

square

#A9D338 #38D3AF #6238D3 #D3385C

split-complementary

#A9D338 #385CD3 #AF38D3

monochromatic

#5D761A #85A925 #A9D338 #BFDE6A #D4E99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#A9D338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.06

#A9D338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D338

12.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D338	1.00	1.74	12.06	12.06
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC617

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 211, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.181 123.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e079',
    500: '#a9d338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d338;
$custom-light: #c6e079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.258,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80909,
    "c": 0.18065,
    "h": 123.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D338

secondary

#46307F

accent

#41E76E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D338

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

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