#A9C142#A9C142

#A9C142 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.153 H 119.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C142
RGB	rgb(169, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 0%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.17, -25.51, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.17, 64.08, 113.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0748 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.153 119.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.4161, 46.9685, 12.3006)
Luminance	0.4697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C142 #5A42C1

analogous

#C19A42 #A9C142 #69C142

triadic

#A9C142 #42A9C1 #C142A9

tetradic

#A9C142 #42C19A #5A42C1 #C14269

square

#A9C142 #42C19A #5A42C1 #C14269

split-complementary

#A9C142 #4269C1 #9A42C1

monochromatic

#5A6722 #829531 #A9C142 #BED070 #D3DF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A9C142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#A9C142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C142

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C142	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.153 119.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d37d',
    500: '#a9c142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c142;
$custom-light: #c5d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.339,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76857,
    "c": 0.15273,
    "h": 119.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C142

secondary

#9E93CC

accent

#4EDA68

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C142

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

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