#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
RGBrgb(169, 203, 62)
HSLhsl(74, 58%, 52%)
HSVhsv(74, 69%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(16.7%, 0%, 69.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(76.98, -30.53, 63.20)
CIE-LCHlch(76.98, 70.19, 115.79°)
OKLaboklab(79.11% -0.0891 0.1418)
OKLCHoklch(79.11% 0.168 122.1)
XYZxyz(38.5881, 51.4946, 12.4630)
Luminance0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##A9CB3E1.001.8611.3011.30
#FFFFFF1.861.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3021.001.001.00
##00000011.3021.001.001.00

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

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#A9CB3E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva