#A9D537#A9D537

#A9D537 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.184 H 124.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D537
RGB	rgb(169, 213, 55)
HSL	hsl(77, 65%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(77, 74%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.7%, 0%, 74.2%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -35.54, 68.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 77.07, 117.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.1034 0.1517)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.184 124.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8464, 56.2990, 12.3285)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D537 #6337D5

analogous

#D5B237 #A9D537 #5AD537

triadic

#A9D537 #37A9D5 #D537A9

tetradic

#A9D537 #37D5B2 #6337D5 #D5375A

square

#A9D537 #37D5B2 #6337D5 #D5375A

split-complementary

#A9D537 #375AD5 #B237D5

monochromatic

#5E7819 #85AB24 #A9D537 #BFE06A #D4EA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#A9D537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#A9D537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D537

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D537	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C713

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CAB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 213, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.184 124.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e279',
    500: '#a9d537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d537;
$custom-light: #c7e279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.709,
    "s": 65.289,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81364,
    "c": 0.18357,
    "h": 124.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D537

secondary

#463080

accent

#40E86F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFCF2

border

#D3D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D537

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

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