#A9C02A#A9C02A

#A9C02A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.166 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C02A
RGB	rgb(169, 192, 42)
HSL	hsl(69, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 78.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -26.29, 66.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 71.79, 111.48°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0791 0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.166 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6306, 46.3018, 9.2501)
Luminance	0.4630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C02A #412AC0

analogous

#C08C2A #A9C02A #5EC02A

triadic

#A9C02A #2AA9C0 #C02AA9

tetradic

#A9C02A #2AC08C #412AC0 #C02A5E

square

#A9C02A #2AC08C #412AC0 #C02A5E

split-complementary

#A9C02A #2A5EC0 #8C2AC0

monochromatic

#515C14 #7D8E1F #A9C02A #C3D84F #D4E381

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A9C02A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#A9C02A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C02A

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C02A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C02A	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c02a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 192, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.166 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d371',
    500: '#a9c02a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c02a;
$custom-light: #c6d371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c02a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.2,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76466,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C02A

secondary

#867ACC

accent

#41E75A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C02A

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

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