#A9C72E#A9C72E

#A9C72E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.172 H 120.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C72E
RGB	rgb(169, 199, 46)
HSL	hsl(72, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, -29.47, 67.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 73.60, 113.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% -0.0875 0.1482)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.172 120.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.2795, 49.4792, 10.1707)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C72E #4C2EC7

analogous

#C7992E #A9C72E #5CC72E

triadic

#A9C72E #2EA9C7 #C72EA9

tetradic

#A9C72E #2EC799 #4C2EC7 #C72E5C

square

#A9C72E #2EC799 #4C2EC7 #C72E5C

split-complementary

#A9C72E #2E5CC7 #992EC7

monochromatic

#556417 #7F9523 #A9C72E #C0D959 #D3E48B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9C72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#A9C72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C72E

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C72E	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 199, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.172 120.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d873',
    500: '#a9c72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c72e;
$custom-light: #c6d873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.765,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78089,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 120.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C72E

secondary

#9183CE

accent

#42E662

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C72E

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

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