#A9CA49#A9CA49

#A9CA49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.159 H 122.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA49
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(75, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(75, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -29.34, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 65.61, 116.57°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0848 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.159 122.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.6857, 51.1570, 14.1383)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA49 #6A49CA

analogous

#CAAB49 #A9CA49 #69CA49

triadic

#A9CA49 #49A9CA #CA49A9

tetradic

#A9CA49 #49CAAB #6A49CA #CA4969

square

#A9CA49 #49CAAB #6A49CA #CA4969

split-complementary

#A9CA49 #4969CA #AB49CA

monochromatic

#617622 #88A630 #A9CA49 #BFD878 #D6E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A9CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#A9CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA49

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA49	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.159 122.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5da82',
    500: '#a9ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca49;
$custom-light: #c5da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.349,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78972,
    "c": 0.1585,
    "h": 122.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA49

secondary

#4A387F

accent

#4ADE70

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#83837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA49

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

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