#A9CA31#A9CA31

#A9CA31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.174 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9CA31
RGBrgb(169, 202, 49)
HSLhsl(73, 61%, 49%)
HSVhsv(73, 76%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(16.3%, 0%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LABlab(76.62, -30.75, 67.32)
CIE-LCHlch(76.62, 74.01, 114.55°)
OKLaboklab(78.8% -0.0908 0.1484)
OKLCHoklch(78.8% 0.174 121.4)
XYZxyz(38.0377, 50.8978, 10.7255)
Luminance0.5090 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9CA31 #5231CA
analogous
#CA9F31 #A9CA31 #5DCA31
triadic
#A9CA31 #31A9CA #CA31A9
tetradic
#A9CA31 #31CA9F #5231CA #CA315D
square
#A9CA31 #31CA9F #5231CA #CA315D
split-complementary
#A9CA31 #315DCA #9F31CA
monochromatic
#576719 #809925 #A9CA31 #BED860 #D2E491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88
#A9CA31 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18
#A9CA31 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA31
11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9CA31#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9CA311.001.8811.1811.18
#FFFFFF1.881.0021.0021.00
#00000011.1821.001.001.00
##00000011.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE08
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BD3F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2BFAD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9ca31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.174 121.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da75',
    500: '#a9ca31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9ca31;
$custom-light: #c6da75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9ca31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.941,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78795,
    "c": 0.17398,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9CA31
secondary
#3C2E72
accent
#44E466
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FAFBF1
border
#D3D4CB
text
#131409
muted
#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA31

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#A9CA31 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva