#A9CB3A#A9CB3A

#A9CB3A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.170 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9CB3A
RGBrgb(169, 203, 58)
HSLhsl(74, 58%, 51%)
HSVhsv(74, 71%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(16.7%, 0%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(76.95, -30.76, 64.62)
CIE-LCHlch(76.95, 71.57, 115.45°)
OKLaboklab(79.08% -0.0901 0.1442)
OKLCHoklch(79.08% 0.17 122)
XYZxyz(38.4824, 51.4523, 11.9061)
Luminance0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9CB3A #5C3ACB
analogous
#CBA43A #A9CB3A #60CB3A
triadic
#A9CB3A #3AA9CB #CB3AA9
tetradic
#A9CB3A #3ACBA4 #5C3ACB #CB3A60
square
#A9CB3A #3ACBA4 #5C3ACB #CB3A60
split-complementary
#A9CB3A #3A60CB #A43ACB
monochromatic
#5B6E1D #839E2A #A9CB3A #BED86A #D3E59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86
#A9CB3A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29
#A9CB3A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CB3A
11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9CB3A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9CB3A1.001.8611.2911.29
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.2921.001.001.00
##00000011.2921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7BF20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D3BE46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B2C1AF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9cb3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.170 122.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da7a',
    500: '#a9cb3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9cb3a;
$custom-light: #c6da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9cb3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.069,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79082,
    "c": 0.17003,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.51452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9CB3A
secondary
#423277
accent
#46E16B
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FAFBF2
border
#D3D4CC
text
#13150A
muted
#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CB3A

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#A9CB3A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva