#A9CA26#A9CA26

#A9CA26 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.179 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA26
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 38)
HSL	hsl(72, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(72, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 81.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.57, -31.19, 70.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.57, 77.03, 113.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.74% -0.0928 0.1532)
OKLCH	oklch(78.74% 0.179 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.8333, 50.8160, 9.6487)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA26 #4726CA

analogous

#CA9926 #A9CA26 #57CA26

triadic

#A9CA26 #26A9CA #CA26A9

tetradic

#A9CA26 #26CA99 #4726CA #CA2657

square

#A9CA26 #26CA99 #4726CA #CA2657

split-complementary

#A9CA26 #2657CA #9926CA

monochromatic

#536313 #7E961C #A9CA26 #C1DE4F #D3E883

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#A9CA26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA26

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA26	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.179 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7da70',
    500: '#a9ca26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca26;
$custom-light: #c7da70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.073,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78739,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA26

secondary

#35276E

accent

#3DEB60

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA26

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

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