#A9CA2B#A9CA2B

#A9CA2B 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	#A9CA2B
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 43)
HSL	hsl(72, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 78.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -31.01, 69.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 75.73, 114.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0919 0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.177 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9194, 50.8505, 10.1025)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA2B #4C2BCA

analogous

#CA9B2B #A9CA2B #59CA2B

triadic

#A9CA2B #2BA9CA #CA2BA9

tetradic

#A9CA2B #2BCA9B #4C2BCA #CA2B59

square

#A9CA2B #2BCA9B #4C2BCA #CA2B59

split-complementary

#A9CA2B #2B59CA #9B2BCA

monochromatic

#556516 #7F9820 #A9CA2B #C0DB57 #D3E689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A9CA2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA2B

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA2B	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: #a9ca2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.177 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7da72',
    500: '#a9ca2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca2b;
$custom-light: #c7da72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.453,
    "s": 64.898,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78763,
    "c": 0.17694,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA2B

secondary

#382A6F

accent

#40E863

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA2B

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

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