#A9CA38#A9CA38

#A9CA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.170 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA38
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.66, -30.40, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.66, 71.79, 115.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.84% -0.0892 0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(78.84% 0.17 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.1971, 50.9616, 11.5649)
Luminance	0.5096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA38 #5938CA

analogous

#CAA238 #A9CA38 #60CA38

triadic

#A9CA38 #38A9CA #CA38A9

tetradic

#A9CA38 #38CAA2 #5938CA #CA3860

square

#A9CA38 #38CAA2 #5938CA #CA3860

split-complementary

#A9CA38 #3860CA #A238CA

monochromatic

#596B1D #829B29 #A9CA38 #BED768 #D3E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#A9CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA38

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA38	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)

#D6BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.170 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da78',
    500: '#a9ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca38;
$custom-light: #c6da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.562,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78839,
    "c": 0.17006,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA38

secondary

#413175

accent

#47E16A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA38

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

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