#A9C042#A9C042

#A9C042 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.152 H 119.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C042
RGB	rgb(169, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(12%, 0%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -25.02, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 63.62, 113.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0735 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.152 119)
XYZ	xyz(36.1958, 46.5279, 12.2272)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C042 #5942C0

analogous

#C09842 #A9C042 #6AC042

triadic

#A9C042 #42A9C0 #C042A9

tetradic

#A9C042 #42C098 #5942C0 #C0426A

square

#A9C042 #42C098 #5942C0 #C0426A

split-complementary

#A9C042 #426AC0 #9842C0

monochromatic

#596622 #829431 #A9C042 #BECF70 #D3DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#A9C042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#A9C042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C042

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C042	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.152 119.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d37d',
    500: '#a9c042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c042;
$custom-light: #c5d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.952,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7663,
    "c": 0.15153,
    "h": 119
  },
  "luminance": 0.46528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C042

secondary

#9D93CB

accent

#4EDA68

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C042

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

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