#A9CB49#A9CB49

#A9CB49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.160 H 122.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CB49
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(76, 56%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(76, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 64%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -29.82, 58.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 66.09, 116.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% -0.0861 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.16 122.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.9211, 51.6278, 14.2167)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CB49 #6B49CB

analogous

#CBAC49 #A9CB49 #68CB49

triadic

#A9CB49 #49A9CB #CB49A9

tetradic

#A9CB49 #49CBAC #6B49CB #CB4968

square

#A9CB49 #49CBAC #6B49CB #CB4968

split-complementary

#A9CB49 #4968CB #AC49CB

monochromatic

#617722 #88A730 #A9CB49 #BFD979 #D6E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A9CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#A9CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CB49

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CB49	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.160 122.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5db82',
    500: '#a9cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cb49;
$custom-light: #c5db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.692,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79201,
    "c": 0.15975,
    "h": 122.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CB49

secondary

#4B3880

accent

#49DF70

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13150B

muted

#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CB49

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

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