#A9CB3E#A9CB3E

#A9CB3E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.168 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CB3E
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 62)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(74, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -30.53, 63.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 70.19, 115.79°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0891 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.168 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5881, 51.4946, 12.4630)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CB3E #603ECB

analogous

#CBA73E #A9CB3E #63CB3E

triadic

#A9CB3E #3EA9CB #CB3EA9

tetradic

#A9CB3E #3ECBA7 #603ECB #CB3E63

square

#A9CB3E #3ECBA7 #603ECB #CB3E63

split-complementary

#A9CB3E #3E63CB #A73ECB

monochromatic

#5D701E #84A12B #A9CB3E #BED86E #D4E59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A9CB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#A9CB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CB3E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CB3E	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.168 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da7c',
    500: '#a9cb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cb3e;
$custom-light: #c6da7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.468,
    "s": 57.551,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7911,
    "c": 0.1675,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CB3E

secondary

#453479

accent

#47E16C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CB3E

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

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