#A9CB40#A9CB40

#A9CB40 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.166 H 122.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CB40
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(75, 57%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(75, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 68.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -30.41, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 69.47, 115.96°)
OKLab	oklab(79.13% -0.0886 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(79.13% 0.166 122.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.6440, 51.5170, 12.7574)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CB40 #6240CB

analogous

#CBA740 #A9CB40 #64CB40

triadic

#A9CB40 #40A9CB #CB40A9

tetradic

#A9CB40 #40CBA7 #6240CB #CB4064

square

#A9CB40 #40CBA7 #6240CB #CB4064

split-complementary

#A9CB40 #4064CB #A740CB

monochromatic

#5D721F #85A22C #A9CB40 #BFD870 #D4E5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A9CB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#A9CB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CB40

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CB40	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)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.166 122.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6db7d',
    500: '#a9cb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cb40;
$custom-light: #c6db7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.676,
    "s": 57.202,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79125,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 122.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CB40

secondary

#46357B

accent

#47E06D

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13150A

muted

#83847D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CB40

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

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