#A9C831#A9C831
#A9C831 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.172 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A9C831 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(169, 200, 49) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 61%, 49%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 76%, 78%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(15.5%, 0%, 75.5%, 21.6%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.05, -29.81, 66.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.05, 73.13, 114.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.34% -0.0882 0.1473) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.34% 0.172 120.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(37.5715, 49.9654, 10.5701) |
| Luminance | 0.4996 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 2.46
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 2.61
Snot Green
#9DC100
ΔE00 2.71
Slime Green
#99CC04
ΔE00 3.38
Yellowgreen
#9ACD32
ΔE00 3.54
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A9C831 #5031C8
analogous
#C89C31 #A9C831 #5EC831
triadic
#A9C831 #31A9C8 #C831A9
tetradic
#A9C831 #31C89C #5031C8 #C8315E
square
#A9C831 #31C89C #5031C8 #C8315E
split-complementary
#A9C831 #315EC8 #9C31C8
monochromatic
#566619 #7F9725 #A9C831 #BFD85F #D2E490
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#A9C831 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#A9C831 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A9C831
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A9C831 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A9C831 | 1.00 | 1.91 | 10.99 | 10.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BC0A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BC3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3BDAC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a9c831; /* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 200, 49); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.172 120.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6d875',
500: '#a9c831',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a9c831; $custom-light: #c6d875; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a9c831",
"rgb": {
"r": 169,
"g": 200,
"b": 49
},
"hsl": {
"h": 72.318,
"s": 60.643,
"l": 48.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78336,
"c": 0.17168,
"h": 120.9
},
"luminance": 0.49965
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A9C831
secondary
#9586CE
accent
#44E465
background
#FCFDF7
surface
#F9FAED
border
#D2D3C8
text
#131409
muted
#82837B