#A9C533#A9C533

#A9C533 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.167 H 120.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C533
RGB	rgb(169, 197, 51)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 0%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -28.29, 65.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 71.20, 113.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0838 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.167 120.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.9267, 48.6067, 10.5680)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C533 #4F33C5

analogous

#C59833 #A9C533 #60C533

triadic

#A9C533 #33A9C5 #C533A9

tetradic

#A9C533 #33C598 #4F33C5 #C53360

square

#A9C533 #33C598 #4F33C5 #C53360

split-complementary

#A9C533 #3360C5 #9833C5

monochromatic

#56641A #7F9426 #A9C533 #BFD65F #D3E290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#A9C533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#A9C533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C533

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C533	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2B913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 197, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.167 120.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d675',
    500: '#a9c533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c533;
$custom-light: #c6d675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.507,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7766,
    "c": 0.16714,
    "h": 120.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C533

secondary

#9487CD

accent

#46E264

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C533

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

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