#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
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 58)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 71.4%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.95, -30.76, 64.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.95, 71.57, 115.45°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0901 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.17 122)
XYZ	xyz(38.4824, 51.4523, 11.9061)
Luminance	0.5145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-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
##A9CB3A	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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