#A9C233#A9C233

#A9C233 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.164 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C233
RGB	rgb(169, 194, 51)
HSL	hsl(70, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(70, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.9%, 0%, 73.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.35, -26.85, 64.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.35, 69.89, 112.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0799 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.164 119.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2523, 47.2578, 10.3432)
Luminance	0.4726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C233 #4C33C2

analogous

#C29433 #A9C233 #61C233

triadic

#A9C233 #33A9C2 #C233A9

tetradic

#A9C233 #33C294 #4C33C2 #C23361

square

#A9C233 #33C294 #4C33C2 #C23361

split-complementary

#A9C233 #3361C2 #9433C2

monochromatic

#55611A #7F9226 #A9C233 #C0D55E #D3E18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A9C233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#A9C233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C233

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C233	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)

#CFB715

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 194, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.164 119.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d475',
    500: '#a9c233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c233;
$custom-light: #c6d475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.49,
    "s": 58.367,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76974,
    "c": 0.16369,
    "h": 119.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C233

secondary

#9185CC

accent

#46E261

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C233

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

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