#A9CA8A#A9CA8A

#A9CA8A is a light, moderate yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.094 H 130.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CA8A
RGB	rgb(169, 202, 138)
HSL	hsl(91, 38%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(91, 32%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.3%, 0%, 31.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, -22.34, 28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 36.16, 128.15°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% -0.0607 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.094 130.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0694, 52.5105, 31.9590)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CA8A #AB8ACA

analogous

#C9CA8A #A9CA8A #8ACA8B

triadic

#A9CA8A #8AA9CA #CA8AA9

tetradic

#A9CA8A #8AC9CA #AB8ACA #CA8B8A

square

#A9CA8A #8AC9CA #AB8ACA #CA8B8A

split-complementary

#A9CA8A #8B8ACA #CA8AC9

monochromatic

#6C9644 #8AB760 #A9CA8A #C8DDB4 #E7F0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#A9CA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#A9CA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CA8A

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CA8A	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBBF8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ABC5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9ca8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 202, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.094 130.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3daac',
    500: '#a9ca8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9ca8a;
$custom-light: #c3daac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9ca8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 90.938,
    "s": 37.647,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79887,
    "c": 0.09351,
    "h": 130.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CA8A

secondary

#7D5B9D

accent

#35B175

background

#FDFEFD

surface

#F9FBF7

border

#D2D4D0

text

#121410

muted

#828381

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CA8A

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

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