#A9C446#A9C446
#A9C446 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.153 H 120.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9C446 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 196, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(73, 52%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(73, 64%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 64.3%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.05, -26.69, 58.08) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.05, 63.92, 114.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.58% -0.0777 0.1322) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.58% 0.153 120.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.2081, 48.3572, 13.1669) |
| Luminance | 0.4836 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.25
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.41
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 3.62
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 3.89
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 4.05
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 4.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9C446 #6146C4
analogous
#C4A046 #A9C446 #6AC446
triadic
#A9C446 #46A9C4 #C446A9
tetradic
#A9C446 #46C4A0 #6146C4 #C4466A
square
#A9C446 #46C4A0 #6146C4 #C4466A
split-complementary
#A9C446 #466AC4 #A046C4
monochromatic
#5D6D23 #859B32 #A9C446 #BFD374 #D4E2A3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.97
#A9C446 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.67
#A9C446 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9C446
10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9C446 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9C446 | 1.00 | 1.97 | 10.67 | 10.67 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.97 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.67 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B936
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCB94F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2BAAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9c446; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 196, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.153 120.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5d57f',
500: '#a9c446',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9c446; $custom-light: #c5d57f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9c446",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 196,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.857,
"s": 51.639,
"l": 52.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77575,
"c": 0.15339,
"h": 120.4
},
"luminance": 0.48357
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9C446
secondary
#A397CE
accent
#4DDB6B
background
#FCFDF8
surface
#F8FAEF
border
#D1D3CA
text
#13140A
muted
#82837C