#A9CB45#A9CB45

#A9CB45 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.163 H 122.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CB45
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(75, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(75, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 66%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.03, -30.09, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.03, 67.63, 116.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.17% -0.0872 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(79.17% 0.163 122.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7927, 51.5764, 13.5406)
Luminance	0.5158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CB45 #6745CB

analogous

#CBAA45 #A9CB45 #66CB45

triadic

#A9CB45 #45A9CB #CB45A9

tetradic

#A9CB45 #45CBAA #6745CB #CB4566

square

#A9CB45 #45CBAA #6745CB #CB4566

split-complementary

#A9CB45 #4566CB #AA45CB

monochromatic

#607521 #87A52E #A9CB45 #BFD875 #D5E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#A9CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#A9CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CB45

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CB45	1.00	1.86	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.163 122.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6db7f',
    500: '#a9cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cb45;
$custom-light: #c6db7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.224,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79166,
    "c": 0.1627,
    "h": 122.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CB45

secondary

#49377E

accent

#48E06F

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CB45

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

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