#A9C43A#A9C43A

#A9C43A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.162 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9C43A
RGBrgb(169, 196, 58)
HSLhsl(72, 54%, 50%)
HSVhsv(72, 70%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(13.8%, 0%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(74.96, -27.44, 62.66)
CIE-LCHlch(74.96, 68.41, 113.65°)
OKLaboklab(77.48% -0.0809 0.1401)
OKLCHoklch(77.48% 0.162 120)
XYZxyz(36.8665, 48.2205, 11.3675)
Luminance0.4822 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C43A #553AC4
analogous
#C49A3A #A9C43A #64C43A
triadic
#A9C43A #3AA9C4 #C43AA9
tetradic
#A9C43A #3AC49A #553AC4 #C43A64
square
#A9C43A #3AC49A #553AC4 #C43A64
split-complementary
#A9C43A #3A64C4 #9A3AC4
monochromatic
#58661E #80952C #A9C43A #BED369 #D2E098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97
#A9C43A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64
#A9C43A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C43A
10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C43A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C43A1.001.9710.6410.64
#FFFFFF1.971.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6421.001.001.00
##00000010.6421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B923
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDB945
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3BAA9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 196, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.162 120.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d579',
    500: '#a9c43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c43a;
$custom-light: #c6d579;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.739,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77478,
    "c": 0.16177,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.4822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C43A
secondary
#9A8ECC
accent
#4ADE67
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F8FAEE
border
#D1D3C9
text
#13140A
muted
#82837C

Preview Lab

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#A9C43A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva