#A9CB4A#A9CB4A

#A9CB4A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.159 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A9CB4A
RGBrgb(169, 203, 74)
HSLhsl(76, 55%, 54%)
HSVhsv(76, 64%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(16.7%, 0%, 63.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LABlab(77.07, -29.74, 58.58)
CIE-LCHlch(77.07, 65.70, 116.92°)
OKLaboklab(79.21% -0.0858 0.1338)
OKLCHoklch(79.21% 0.159 122.7)
XYZxyz(38.9545, 51.6412, 14.3928)
Luminance0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A9CB4A #6C4ACB
analogous
#CBAD4A #A9CB4A #69CB4A
triadic
#A9CB4A #4AA9CB #CB4AA9
tetradic
#A9CB4A #4ACBAD #6C4ACB #CB4A69
square
#A9CB4A #4ACBAD #6C4ACB #CB4A69
split-complementary
#A9CB4A #4A69CB #AD4ACB
monochromatic
#627823 #88A830 #A9CB4A #C0D97A #D6E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85
#A9CB4A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33
#A9CB4A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CB4A
11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A9CB4A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##A9CB4A1.001.8511.3311.33
#FFFFFF1.851.0021.0021.00
#00000011.3321.001.001.00
##00000011.3321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BF3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BE53
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B1C1B0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a9cb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.159 122.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5db82',
    500: '#a9cb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a9cb4a;
$custom-light: #c5db82;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a9cb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.814,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7921,
    "c": 0.15898,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A9CB4A
secondary
#4C3980
accent
#49DF71
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FAFBF2
border
#D3D4CC
text
#13150B
muted
#83847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CB4A

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#A9CB4A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva