#A9C72C#A9C72C

#A9C72C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.173 H 120.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C72C
RGB	rgb(169, 199, 44)
HSL	hsl(72, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, -29.55, 68.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 74.17, 113.48°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0879 0.1491)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.173 120.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2409, 49.4638, 9.9680)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C72C #4A2CC7

analogous

#C7982C #A9C72C #5BC72C

triadic

#A9C72C #2CA9C7 #C72CA9

tetradic

#A9C72C #2CC798 #4A2CC7 #C72C5B

square

#A9C72C #2CC798 #4A2CC7 #C72C5B

split-complementary

#A9C72C #2C5BC7 #982CC7

monochromatic

#546316 #7E9521 #A9C72C #C0DA56 #D3E589

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9C72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#A9C72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C72C

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C72C	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 199, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.173 120.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d872',
    500: '#a9c72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c72c;
$custom-light: #c6d872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.613,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78079,
    "c": 0.17307,
    "h": 120.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C72C

secondary

#8F80CF

accent

#41E761

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C72C

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

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