#A9CA46#A9CA46

#A9CA46 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.161 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA46
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 70)
HSL	hsl(75, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 65.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.75, -29.55, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.75, 66.77, 116.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0857 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.161 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.5887, 51.1182, 13.6270)
Luminance	0.5112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA46 #6746CA

analogous

#CAA946 #A9CA46 #67CA46

triadic

#A9CA46 #46A9CA #CA46A9

tetradic

#A9CA46 #46CAA9 #6746CA #CA4667

square

#A9CA46 #46CAA9 #6746CA #CA4667

split-complementary

#A9CA46 #4667CA #A946CA

monochromatic

#607421 #87A42F #A9CA46 #BFD876 #D5E5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A9CA46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#A9CA46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA46

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA46	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.161 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da80',
    500: '#a9ca46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca46;
$custom-light: #c6da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75,
    "s": 55.462,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78945,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA46

secondary

#49377D

accent

#49DF6E

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA46

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

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