#A9CA29#A9CA29

#A9CA29 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.178 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA29
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 41)
HSL	hsl(72, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 80%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 79.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -31.08, 69.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 76.27, 114.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0923 0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.178 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.8836, 50.8362, 9.9140)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA29 #4A29CA

analogous

#CA9A29 #A9CA29 #59CA29

triadic

#A9CA29 #29A9CA #CA29A9

tetradic

#A9CA29 #29CA9A #4A29CA #CA2959

square

#A9CA29 #29CA9A #4A29CA #CA2959

split-complementary

#A9CA29 #2959CA #9A29CA

monochromatic

#546414 #7E971F #A9CA29 #C0DC54 #D3E787

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A9CA29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA29

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA29	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.178 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7da72',
    500: '#a9ca29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca29;
$custom-light: #c7da72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.298,
    "s": 66.255,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78753,
    "c": 0.17784,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA29

secondary

#37296F

accent

#3FE962

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#141409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA29

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

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