#A9CC42#A9CC42

#A9CC42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.166 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CC42
RGB	rgb(169, 204, 66)
HSL	hsl(75, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 0%, 67.6%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.29, -30.76, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.29, 69.21, 116.38°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0894 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.166 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9389, 52.0140, 13.1415)
Luminance	0.5201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CC42 #6542CC

analogous

#CCAA42 #A9CC42 #64CC42

triadic

#A9CC42 #42A9CC #CC42A9

tetradic

#A9CC42 #42CCAA #6542CC #CC4264

square

#A9CC42 #42CCAA #6542CC #CC4264

split-complementary

#A9CC42 #4264CC #AA42CC

monochromatic

#5F741F #86A42C #A9CC42 #BFD972 #D5E6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#A9CC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#A9CC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CC42

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CC42	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C2B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cc42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 204, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.166 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6db7e',
    500: '#a9cc42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cc42;
$custom-light: #c6db7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cc42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.217,
    "s": 57.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.16603,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CC42

secondary

#47357D

accent

#47E16E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CC42

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

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