#A9CA2D#A9CA2D

#A9CA2D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.176 H 121.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA2D
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 45)
HSL	hsl(73, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(73, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 77.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -30.92, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 75.18, 114.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0916 0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.176 121.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9570, 50.8655, 10.3005)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA2D #4E2DCA

analogous

#CA9C2D #A9CA2D #5BCA2D

triadic

#A9CA2D #2DA9CA #CA2DA9

tetradic

#A9CA2D #2DCA9C #4E2DCA #CA2D5B

square

#A9CA2D #2DCA9C #4E2DCA #CA2D5B

split-complementary

#A9CA2D #2D5BCA #9C2DCA

monochromatic

#556617 #7F9822 #A9CA2D #BFDA5A #D3E58C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A9CA2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA2D

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA2D	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)

#D3BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.176 121.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7da73',
    500: '#a9ca2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca2d;
$custom-light: #c7da73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.611,
    "s": 63.563,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78773,
    "c": 0.176,
    "h": 121.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA2D

secondary

#3A2B70

accent

#41E764

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA2D

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

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