#A9CA3A#A9CA3A

#A9CA3A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.169 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA3A
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -30.29, 64.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 71.12, 115.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.85% -0.0888 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(78.85% 0.169 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.2470, 50.9815, 11.8277)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA3A #5B3ACA

analogous

#CAA33A #A9CA3A #61CA3A

triadic

#A9CA3A #3AA9CA #CA3AA9

tetradic

#A9CA3A #3ACAA3 #5B3ACA #CA3A61

square

#A9CA3A #3ACAA3 #5B3ACA #CA3A61

split-complementary

#A9CA3A #3A61CA #A33ACA

monochromatic

#5A6C1D #829D2A #A9CA3A #BED76A #D3E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#A9CA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA3A

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA3A	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.169 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da79',
    500: '#a9ca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca3a;
$custom-light: #c6da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.75,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78852,
    "c": 0.16884,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA3A

secondary

#423276

accent

#47E16A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA3A

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

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