#A9CA3B#A9CA3B

#A9CA3B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.168 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA3B
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(74, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -30.24, 63.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 70.78, 115.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.86% -0.0885 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.86% 0.168 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.2727, 50.9918, 11.9629)
Luminance	0.5099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA3B #5C3BCA

analogous

#CAA33B #A9CA3B #61CA3B

triadic

#A9CA3B #3BA9CA #CA3BA9

tetradic

#A9CA3B #3BCAA3 #5C3BCA #CA3B61

square

#A9CA3B #3BCAA3 #5C3BCA #CA3B61

split-complementary

#A9CA3B #3B61CA #A33BCA

monochromatic

#5B6D1E #839D2B #A9CA3B #BED76B #D3E49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A9CA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#A9CA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA3B

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA3B	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)

#D6BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.168 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da7a',
    500: '#a9ca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca3b;
$custom-light: #c6da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.846,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78859,
    "c": 0.16823,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA3B

secondary

#423377

accent

#47E16B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA3B

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

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