#A9C433#A9C433
#A9C433 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.166 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9C433 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 196, 51) |
| HSL | hsl(71, 59%, 48%) |
| HSV | hsv(71, 74%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 74%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.92, -27.81, 65.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.92, 70.76, 113.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.43% -0.0825 0.144) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.43% 0.166 119.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(36.7004, 48.1541, 10.4926) |
| Luminance | 0.4815 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 1.69
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.11
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 2.63
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.05
Bright Olive
#9CBB04
ΔE00 3.15
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 3.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9C433 #4E33C4
analogous
#C49633 #A9C433 #61C433
triadic
#A9C433 #33A9C4 #C433A9
tetradic
#A9C433 #33C496 #4E33C4 #C43361
square
#A9C433 #33C496 #4E33C4 #C43361
split-complementary
#A9C433 #3361C4 #9633C4
monochromatic
#55631A #7F9326 #A9C433 #BFD55F #D3E28F
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.98
#A9C433 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.63
#A9C433 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9C433
10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9C433 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9C433 | 1.00 | 1.98 | 10.63 | 10.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.98 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1B913
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB940
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3B9A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9c433; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 196, 51); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.166 119.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6d575',
500: '#a9c433',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9c433; $custom-light: #c6d575; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9c433",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 196,
"b": 51
},
"hsl": {
"h": 71.172,
"s": 58.704,
"l": 48.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77431,
"c": 0.16599,
"h": 119.8
},
"luminance": 0.48154
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9C433
secondary
#9386CD
accent
#46E263
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F9FAED
border
#D2D3C8
text
#131409
muted
#82837B