#A9CA2A#A9CA2A

#A9CA2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.177 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA2A
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 42)
HSL	hsl(72, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -31.05, 69.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 76.00, 114.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0921 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.177 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9013, 50.8433, 10.0071)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA2A #4B2ACA

analogous

#CA9B2A #A9CA2A #59CA2A

triadic

#A9CA2A #2AA9CA #CA2AA9

tetradic

#A9CA2A #2ACA9B #4B2ACA #CA2A59

square

#A9CA2A #2ACA9B #4B2ACA #CA2A59

split-complementary

#A9CA2A #2A59CA #9B2ACA

monochromatic

#546515 #7F971F #A9CA2A #C0DC55 #D3E688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A9CA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA2A

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA2A	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)

#D3BD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.177 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7da72',
    500: '#a9ca2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca2a;
$custom-light: #c7da72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.375,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78758,
    "c": 0.1774,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA2A

secondary

#38296F

accent

#3FE962

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA2A

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

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