#A9C231#A9C231

#A9C231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.165 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C231
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(70, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -26.95, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 70.53, 112.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.96% -0.0803 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(76.96% 0.165 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2091, 47.2406, 10.1160)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C231 #4A31C2

analogous

#C29331 #A9C231 #60C231

triadic

#A9C231 #31A9C2 #C231A9

tetradic

#A9C231 #31C293 #4A31C2 #C23160

square

#A9C231 #31C293 #4A31C2 #C23160

split-complementary

#A9C231 #3160C2 #9331C2

monochromatic

#546018 #7E9125 #A9C231 #C0D65B #D3E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A9C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#A9C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C231

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C231	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)

#CFB70F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.165 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d474',
    500: '#a9c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c231;
$custom-light: #c6d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.345,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76962,
    "c": 0.16482,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C231

secondary

#8F83CC

accent

#45E360

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C231

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

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