#A9C02B#A9C02B

#A9C02B 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	#A9C02B
RGB	rgb(169, 192, 43)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 77.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -26.25, 66.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 71.50, 111.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% -0.0789 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.166 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6487, 46.3090, 9.3456)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C02B #422BC0

analogous

#C08C2B #A9C02B #5EC02B

triadic

#A9C02B #2BA9C0 #C02BA9

tetradic

#A9C02B #2BC08C #422BC0 #C02B5E

square

#A9C02B #2BC08C #422BC0 #C02B5E

split-complementary

#A9C02B #2B5EC0 #8C2BC0

monochromatic

#515C15 #7D8E20 #A9C02B #C3D850 #D4E382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A9C02B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#A9C02B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C02B

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C02B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C02B	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)

#CAB639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c02b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 192, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.166 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d371',
    500: '#a9c02b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c02b;
$custom-light: #c6d371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c02b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.262,
    "s": 63.404,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76471,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C02B

secondary

#877BCC

accent

#41E65B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C02B

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

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