#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
RGBrgb(169, 194, 48)
HSLhsl(70, 60%, 47%)
HSVhsv(70, 75%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(12.9%, 0%, 75.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LABlab(74.34, -27.00, 65.50)
CIE-LCHlch(74.34, 70.85, 112.40°)
OKLaboklab(76.96% -0.0805 0.1444)
OKLCHoklch(76.96% 0.165 119.1)
XYZxyz(36.1882, 47.2322, 10.0060)
Luminance0.4723 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-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
##A9C2301.002.0110.4510.45
#FFFFFF2.011.0021.0021.00
#00000010.4521.001.001.00
##00000010.4521.001.001.00

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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#A9C230 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva