#A9C02C#A9C02C

#A9C02C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.165 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C02C
RGB	rgb(169, 192, 44)
HSL	hsl(69, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(69, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 77.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.75, -26.21, 66.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.75, 71.21, 111.60°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% -0.0787 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.165 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6673, 46.3164, 9.4434)
Luminance	0.4632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C02C #432CC0

analogous

#C08D2C #A9C02C #5FC02C

triadic

#A9C02C #2CA9C0 #C02CA9

tetradic

#A9C02C #2CC08D #432CC0 #C02C5F

square

#A9C02C #2CC08D #432CC0 #C02C5F

split-complementary

#A9C02C #2C5FC0 #8D2CC0

monochromatic

#515C15 #7D8E21 #A9C02C #C3D752 #D4E384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#A9C02C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#A9C02C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C02C

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C02C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C02C	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)

#CAB63A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c02c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 192, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.165 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d372',
    500: '#a9c02c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c02c;
$custom-light: #c6d372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c02c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.324,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76476,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C02C

secondary

#887CCC

accent

#42E65B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C02C

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

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