#A9DB38#A9DB38

#A9DB38 is a very light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.190 H 125.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9DB38
RGB	rgb(169, 219, 56)
HSL	hsl(78, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(78, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.8%, 0%, 74.4%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.50, -38.20, 69.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.50, 79.48, 118.72°)
OKLab	oklab(82.76% -0.1106 0.1546)
OKLCH	oklch(82.76% 0.19 125.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4078, 59.3830, 12.9685)
Luminance	0.5938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9DB38 #6A38DB

analogous

#DBBC38 #A9DB38 #58DB38

triadic

#A9DB38 #38A9DB #DB38A9

tetradic

#A9DB38 #38DBBC #6A38DB #DB3858

square

#A9DB38 #38DBBC #6A38DB #DB3858

split-complementary

#A9DB38 #3858DB #BC38DB

monochromatic

#618117 #88B521 #A9DB38 #BFE46C #D6EEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#A9DB38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#A9DB38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9DB38

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9DB38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9DB38	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7CC12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0D0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9db38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 219, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.190 125.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7e67a',
    500: '#a9db38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9db38;
$custom-light: #c7e67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9db38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.405,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82757,
    "c": 0.19008,
    "h": 125.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9DB38

secondary

#4A2F88

accent

#3CEC72

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFCF2

border

#D4D5CC

text

#13160A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9DB38

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

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