#A9C12E#A9C12E

#A9C12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.165 H 118.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C12E
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 46)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 76.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -26.61, 65.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 71.03, 112.00°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0796 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.165 118.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9261, 46.7725, 9.7196)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C12E #462EC1

analogous

#C1902E #A9C12E #60C12E

triadic

#A9C12E #2EA9C1 #C12EA9

tetradic

#A9C12E #2EC190 #462EC1 #C12E60

square

#A9C12E #2EC190 #462EC1 #C12E60

split-complementary

#A9C12E #2E60C1 #902EC1

monochromatic

#525E16 #7E9022 #A9C12E #C2D756 #D3E287

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A9C12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#A9C12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C12E

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C12E	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)

#CEB605

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B6A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.165 118.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d373',
    500: '#a9c12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c12e;
$custom-light: #c6d373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.796,
    "s": 61.506,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76716,
    "c": 0.16529,
    "h": 118.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C12E

secondary

#8B7FCC

accent

#43E55E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C12E

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

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