#A1CA42#A1CA42

#A1CA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.167 H 124.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A1CA42
RGB	rgb(161, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(78, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(78, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.3%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, -32.98, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 69.10, 118.51°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.095 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.167 124.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.8021, 50.2111, 12.9060)
Luminance	0.5021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A1CA42 #6B42CA

analogous

#CAAF42 #A1CA42 #5DCA42

triadic

#A1CA42 #42A1CA #CA42A1

tetradic

#A1CA42 #42CAAF #6B42CA #CA425D

square

#A1CA42 #42CAAF #6B42CA #CA425D

split-complementary

#A1CA42 #425DCA #AF42CA

monochromatic

#597220 #7EA22D #A1CA42 #B9D772 #D1E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#A1CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#A1CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A1CA42

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A1CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A1CA42	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A8C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a1ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.167 124.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c0da7e',
    500: '#a1ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a1ca42;
$custom-light: #c0da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a1ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.088,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78356,
    "c": 0.16706,
    "h": 124.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A1CA42

secondary

#4A357B

accent

#48DF76

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A1CA42

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

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