#A9C916#A9C916

#A9C916 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.183 H 120.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9C916
RGBrgb(169, 201, 22)
HSLhsl(71, 80%, 44%)
HSVhsv(71, 89%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(15.9%, 0%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(76.23, -31.18, 73.57)
CIE-LCHlch(76.23, 79.91, 112.97°)
OKLaboklab(78.45% -0.0936 0.1577)
OKLCHoklch(78.45% 0.183 120.7)
XYZxyz(37.3944, 50.2663, 8.4913)
Luminance0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9C916 #3616C9
analogous
#C98F16 #A9C916 #4FC916
triadic
#A9C916 #16A9C9 #C916A9
tetradic
#A9C916 #16C98F #3616C9 #C9164F
square
#A9C916 #16C98F #3616C9 #C9164F
split-complementary
#A9C916 #164FC9 #8F16C9
monochromatic
#4C5B0A #7B9210 #A9C916 #C8E933 #D7EF6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90
#A9C916 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.05
#A9C916 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9C916
11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9C916#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9C9161.001.9011.0511.05
#FFFFFF1.901.0021.0021.00
#00000011.0521.001.001.00
##00000011.0521.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BC00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BC2F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B3BEAB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9c916;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 201, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.183 120.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7d96b',
    500: '#a9c916',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9c916;
$custom-light: #c7d96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9c916",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.726,
    "s": 80.269,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78453,
    "c": 0.18334,
    "h": 120.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9C916
secondary
#2A1D66
accent
#31F754
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FBFBF1
border
#D4D4CB
text
#141408
muted
#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9C916

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#A9C916 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva