#A9C733#A9C733

#A9C733 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.169 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C733
RGB	rgb(169, 199, 51)
HSL	hsl(72, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(72, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.1%, 0%, 74.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.77, -29.24, 65.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.77, 72.08, 113.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.0865 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.169 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3838, 49.5210, 10.7204)
Luminance	0.4952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C733 #5133C7

analogous

#C79B33 #A9C733 #5FC733

triadic

#A9C733 #33A9C7 #C733A9

tetradic

#A9C733 #33C79B #5133C7 #C7335F

square

#A9C733 #33C79B #5133C7 #C7335F

split-complementary

#A9C733 #335FC7 #9B33C7

monochromatic

#56661A #809627 #A9C733 #BFD661 #D2E391

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A9C733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#A9C733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C733

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C733	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)

#D3BB11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 199, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.169 120.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d876',
    500: '#a9c733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c733;
$custom-light: #c6d876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.162,
    "s": 59.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78118,
    "c": 0.16944,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C733

secondary

#9688CE

accent

#45E265

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAEE

border

#D2D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C733

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

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