#A9C62C#A9C62C

#A9C62C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.172 H 120.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9C62C
RGBrgb(169, 198, 44)
HSLhsl(71, 64%, 47%)
HSVhsv(71, 78%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(14.6%, 0%, 77.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(75.45, -29.08, 67.77)
CIE-LCHlch(75.45, 73.75, 113.22°)
OKLaboklab(77.85% -0.0866 0.1486)
OKLCHoklch(77.85% 0.172 120.2)
XYZxyz(37.0116, 49.0052, 9.8915)
Luminance0.4900 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C62C #492CC6
analogous
#C6962C #A9C62C #5CC62C
triadic
#A9C62C #2CA9C6 #C62CA9
tetradic
#A9C62C #2CC696 #492CC6 #C62C5C
square
#A9C62C #2CC696 #492CC6 #C62C5C
split-complementary
#A9C62C #2C5CC6 #962CC6
monochromatic
#546216 #7E9421 #A9C62C #C1D956 #D3E588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94
#A9C62C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80
#A9C62C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C62C
10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C62C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C62C1.001.9410.8010.80
#FFFFFF1.941.0021.0021.00
#00000010.8021.001.001.00
##00000010.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BA00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBA3B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3BBAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c62c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 198, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.172 120.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d772',
    500: '#a9c62c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c62c;
$custom-light: #c6d772;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c62c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.299,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77849,
    "c": 0.17195,
    "h": 120.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C62C
secondary
#8E80CE
accent
#41E760
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F9FAED
border
#D2D3C8
text
#131409
muted
#82837B

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#A9C62C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva