#A9C120#A9C120

#A9C120 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.172 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C120
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 32)
HSL	hsl(69, 72%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(69, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 83.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.98, -27.13, 69.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.98, 74.78, 111.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.082 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.172 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.6937, 46.6795, 8.4959)
Luminance	0.4668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C120 #3820C1

analogous

#C18920 #A9C120 #59C120

triadic

#A9C120 #20A9C1 #C120A9

tetradic

#A9C120 #20C189 #3820C1 #C12059

square

#A9C120 #20C189 #3820C1 #C12059

split-complementary

#A9C120 #2059C1 #8920C1

monochromatic

#4D580F #7B8D17 #A9C120 #C7DF3F #D7E874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A9C120 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#A9C120 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C120

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C120	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C120	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c120;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.172 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d36d',
    500: '#a9c120',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c120;
$custom-light: #c7d36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c120",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.944,
    "s": 71.556,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76649,
    "c": 0.17154,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C120

secondary

#7C6ECF

accent

#3AEE54

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#141408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C120

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

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