#A9C230#A9C230

#A9C230 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.165 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C230
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 48)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -27.00, 65.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 70.85, 112.40°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0805 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.165 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1882, 47.2322, 10.0060)
Luminance	0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C230 #4930C2

analogous

#C29230 #A9C230 #60C230

triadic

#A9C230 #30A9C2 #C230A9

tetradic

#A9C230 #30C292 #4930C2 #C23060

square

#A9C230 #30C292 #4930C2 #C23060

split-complementary

#A9C230 #3060C2 #9230C2

monochromatic

#546018 #7E9124 #A9C230 #C1D659 #D3E28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A9C230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#A9C230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C230

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C230	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.165 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d474',
    500: '#a9c230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c230;
$custom-light: #c6d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.274,
    "s": 60.331,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76956,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C230

secondary

#8E82CC

accent

#44E360

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C230

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

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