#A9CA3D#A9CA3D

#A9CA3D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.167 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA3D
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 61)
HSL	hsl(74, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 69.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -30.12, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 70.08, 115.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.87% -0.088 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(78.87% 0.167 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.3256, 51.0130, 12.2414)
Luminance	0.5101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA3D #5E3DCA

analogous

#CAA53D #A9CA3D #63CA3D

triadic

#A9CA3D #3DA9CA #CA3DA9

tetradic

#A9CA3D #3DCAA5 #5E3DCA #CA3D63

square

#A9CA3D #3DCAA5 #5E3DCA #CA3D63

split-complementary

#A9CA3D #3D63CA #A53DCA

monochromatic

#5C6E1E #849F2B #A9CA3D #BED76D #D4E49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A9CA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#A9CA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA3D

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA3D	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	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)

#D6BE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.167 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da7b',
    500: '#a9ca3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca3d;
$custom-light: #c6da7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.043,
    "s": 57.085,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78874,
    "c": 0.16696,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA3D

secondary

#433378

accent

#47E06B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA3D

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

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