#A9CA4E#A9CA4E

#A9CA4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.155 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA4E
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(76, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(76, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 61.4%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.82, -28.97, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.82, 63.61, 117.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.02% -0.0833 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(79.02% 0.155 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.8582, 51.2260, 15.0467)
Luminance	0.5123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA4E #6F4ECA

analogous

#CAAD4E #A9CA4E #6BCA4E

triadic

#A9CA4E #4EA9CA #CA4EA9

tetradic

#A9CA4E #4ECAAD #6F4ECA #CA4E6B

square

#A9CA4E #4ECAAD #6F4ECA #CA4E6B

split-complementary

#A9CA4E #4E6BCA #AD4ECA

monochromatic

#637924 #89A832 #A9CA4E #C0D87D #D7E6AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A9CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#A9CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA4E

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA4E	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.155 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5da85',
    500: '#a9ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca4e;
$custom-light: #c5da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.968,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79019,
    "c": 0.15459,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA4E

secondary

#4D3B82

accent

#4BDD72

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA4E

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

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