#A9CA3E#A9CA3E

#A9CA3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.166 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA3E
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 62)
HSL	hsl(74, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 69.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -30.06, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 69.73, 115.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.88% -0.0878 0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(78.88% 0.166 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3527, 51.0238, 12.3846)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA3E #5F3ECA

analogous

#CAA53E #A9CA3E #63CA3E

triadic

#A9CA3E #3EA9CA #CA3EA9

tetradic

#A9CA3E #3ECAA5 #5F3ECA #CA3E63

square

#A9CA3E #3ECAA5 #5F3ECA #CA3E63

split-complementary

#A9CA3E #3E63CA #A53ECA

monochromatic

#5C6F1F #849F2C #A9CA3E #BED76E #D4E49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A9CA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#A9CA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA3E

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA3E	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)

#D6BE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.166 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da7c',
    500: '#a9ca3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca3e;
$custom-light: #c6da7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.143,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78881,
    "c": 0.16631,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA3E

secondary

#443478

accent

#48E06C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA3E

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

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