#A9CA2E#A9CA2E

#A9CA2E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.176 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA2E
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 46)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(73, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -30.88, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 74.89, 114.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0914 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.176 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9765, 50.8733, 10.4031)
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

#A9CA2E #4F2ECA

analogous

#CA9D2E #A9CA2E #5BCA2E

triadic

#A9CA2E #2EA9CA #CA2EA9

tetradic

#A9CA2E #2ECA9D #4F2ECA #CA2E5B

square

#A9CA2E #2ECA9D #4F2ECA #CA2E5B

split-complementary

#A9CA2E #2E5BCA #9D2ECA

monochromatic

#566617 #7F9823 #A9CA2E #BFDA5B #D3E58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A9CA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA2E

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA2E	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)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.176 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da74',
    500: '#a9ca2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca2e;
$custom-light: #c6da74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.692,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78778,
    "c": 0.17551,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA2E

secondary

#3A2C70

accent

#42E665

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FBFBF1

border

#D4D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA2E

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

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