#A9CA35#A9CA35

#A9CA35 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.172 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA35
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 53)
HSL	hsl(73, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(73, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 73.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.64, -30.55, 66.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.64, 72.77, 114.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.82% -0.0899 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(78.82% 0.172 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.1259, 50.9331, 11.1900)
Luminance	0.5093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA35 #5635CA

analogous

#CAA135 #A9CA35 #5ECA35

triadic

#A9CA35 #35A9CA #CA35A9

tetradic

#A9CA35 #35CAA1 #5635CA #CA355E

square

#A9CA35 #35CAA1 #5635CA #CA355E

split-complementary

#A9CA35 #355ECA #A135CA

monochromatic

#58691C #809A28 #A9CA35 #BED765 #D2E396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#A9CA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA35

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA35	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BFAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.172 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da77',
    500: '#a9ca35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca35;
$custom-light: #c6da77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.289,
    "s": 58.431,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78819,
    "c": 0.17181,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA35

secondary

#3F3073

accent

#46E269

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA35

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

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