#A9C12A#A9C12A

#A9C12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.167 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C12A
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 42)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 78.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.02, -26.77, 67.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.02, 72.21, 111.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0804 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.167 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8509, 46.7424, 9.3236)
Luminance	0.4674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C12A #422AC1

analogous

#C18D2A #A9C12A #5EC12A

triadic

#A9C12A #2AA9C1 #C12AA9

tetradic

#A9C12A #2AC18D #422AC1 #C12A5E

square

#A9C12A #2AC18D #422AC1 #C12A5E

split-complementary

#A9C12A #2A5EC1 #8D2AC1

monochromatic

#515C14 #7D8F1F #A9C12A #C3D94F #D4E482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A9C12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#A9C12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C12A

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C12A	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.167 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d371',
    500: '#a9c12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c12a;
$custom-light: #c6d371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.536,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76694,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C12A

secondary

#877ACD

accent

#41E75B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C12A

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

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