#A9C031#A9C031

#A9C031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.163 H 118.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C031
RGB	rgb(169, 192, 49)
HSL	hsl(70, 59%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 74.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -25.98, 64.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 69.67, 111.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% -0.0777 0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.163 118.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.7670, 46.3563, 9.9686)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C031 #4831C0

analogous

#C08F31 #A9C031 #62C031

triadic

#A9C031 #31A9C0 #C031A9

tetradic

#A9C031 #31C08F #4831C0 #C03162

square

#A9C031 #31C08F #4831C0 #C03162

split-complementary

#A9C031 #3162C0 #8F31C0

monochromatic

#535E18 #7E8F25 #A9C031 #C1D559 #D3E18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#A9C031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#A9C031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C031

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C031	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB511

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 192, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.163 118.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d374',
    500: '#a9c031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c031;
$custom-light: #c6d374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.65,
    "s": 59.336,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76505,
    "c": 0.16254,
    "h": 118.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C031

secondary

#8D82CB

accent

#45E35F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C031

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

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