#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
RGB	rgb(169, 201, 22)
HSL	hsl(71, 80%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(71, 89%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.9%, 0%, 89.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.23, -31.18, 73.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.23, 79.91, 112.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0936 0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.183 120.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3944, 50.2663, 8.4913)
Luminance	0.5027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A9C916	1.00	1.90	11.05	11.05
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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