#A9C82B#A9C82B

#A9C82B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.175 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9C82B
RGB	rgb(169, 200, 43)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 78.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -30.07, 68.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 74.88, 113.67°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0893 0.1501)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.175 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.4532, 49.9181, 9.9471)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9C82B #4A2BC8

analogous

#C8982B #A9C82B #5BC82B

triadic

#A9C82B #2BA9C8 #C82BA9

tetradic

#A9C82B #2BC898 #4A2BC8 #C82B5B

square

#A9C82B #2BC898 #4A2BC8 #C82B5B

split-complementary

#A9C82B #2B5BC8 #982BC8

monochromatic

#546315 #7E9620 #A9C82B #C0DB56 #D3E588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A9C82B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#A9C82B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C82B

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9C82B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9C82B	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BDAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9c82b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.175 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d872',
    500: '#a9c82b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9c82b;
$custom-light: #c7d872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9c82b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.847,
    "s": 64.609,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78303,
    "c": 0.17468,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9C82B

secondary

#8F80CF

accent

#40E861

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C82B

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

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