#A9CA15#A9CA15

#A9CA15 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.185 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA15
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 21)
HSL	hsl(71, 81%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(71, 90%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 89.6%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -31.67, 73.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 80.46, 113.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.68% -0.095 0.1584)
OKLCH	oklch(78.68% 0.185 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.6189, 50.7303, 8.5194)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA15 #3615CA

analogous

#CA9015 #A9CA15 #4ECA15

triadic

#A9CA15 #15A9CA #CA15A9

tetradic

#A9CA15 #15CA90 #3615CA #CA154E

square

#A9CA15 #15CA90 #3615CA #CA154E

split-complementary

#A9CA15 #154ECA #9015CA

monochromatic

#4C5B09 #7B930F #A9CA15 #C8EA32 #D7EF6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#A9CA15 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA15

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA15	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.185 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7da6b',
    500: '#a9ca15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca15;
$custom-light: #c7da6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.939,
    "s": 81.166,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78681,
    "c": 0.18468,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA15

secondary

#2A1C67

accent

#30F855

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141408

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA15

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

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