#A9D437#A9D437

#A9D437 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.182 H 124.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D437
RGB	rgb(169, 212, 55)
HSL	hsl(76, 65%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(76, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 74.1%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.50, -35.09, 68.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.50, 76.62, 117.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.13% -0.1022 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(81.13% 0.182 124.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5957, 55.7975, 12.2450)
Luminance	0.5580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D437 #6237D4

analogous

#D4B037 #A9D437 #5BD437

triadic

#A9D437 #37A9D4 #D437A9

tetradic

#A9D437 #37D4B0 #6237D4 #D4375B

square

#A9D437 #37D4B0 #6237D4 #D4375B

split-complementary

#A9D437 #375BD4 #B037D4

monochromatic

#5D771A #85A924 #A9D437 #BFDF69 #D4EA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#A9D437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#A9D437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D437

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D437	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 212, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.182 124.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6e179',
    500: '#a9d437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d437;
$custom-light: #c6e179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.433,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81134,
    "c": 0.18239,
    "h": 124.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D437

secondary

#46307F

accent

#40E86E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D437

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

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