#A9D936#A9D936

#A9D936 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.189 H 125.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9D936
RGB	rgb(169, 217, 54)
HSL	hsl(78, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.1%, 0%, 75.1%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -37.40, 69.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 79.18, 118.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.28% -0.1086 0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(82.28% 0.189 125.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8412, 58.3265, 12.5431)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9D936 #6636D9

analogous

#D9B836 #A9D936 #57D936

triadic

#A9D936 #36A9D9 #D936A9

tetradic

#A9D936 #36D9B8 #6636D9 #D93657

square

#A9D936 #36D9B8 #6636D9 #D93657

split-complementary

#A9D936 #3657D9 #B836D9

monochromatic

#5F7D18 #86B021 #A9D936 #BFE369 #D5EC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#A9D936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#A9D936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9D936

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9D936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9D936	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CB0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFC846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1CEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9d936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 217, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.189 125.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e579',
    500: '#a9d936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9d936;
$custom-light: #c7e579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9d936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 77.669,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82283,
    "c": 0.1888,
    "h": 125.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9D936

secondary

#482F84

accent

#3DEB70

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9D936

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

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