#A9C033#A9C033

#A9C033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.161 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C033
RGB	rgb(169, 192, 51)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 73%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 73.4%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -25.89, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 69.02, 112.03°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0772 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.161 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.8101, 46.3736, 10.1958)
Luminance	0.4637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C033 #4A33C0

analogous

#C09033 #A9C033 #63C033

triadic

#A9C033 #33A9C0 #C033A9

tetradic

#A9C033 #33C090 #4A33C0 #C03363

square

#A9C033 #33C090 #4A33C0 #C03363

split-complementary

#A9C033 #3363C0 #9033C0

monochromatic

#545F19 #7E9026 #A9C033 #C0D45C #D3E18D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#A9C033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#A9C033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C033

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C033	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)

#CDB516

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB63F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B5A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 192, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.161 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d375',
    500: '#a9c033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c033;
$custom-light: #c6d375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.787,
    "s": 58.025,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76518,
    "c": 0.16141,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C033

secondary

#8F84CB

accent

#47E160

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C033

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

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