#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
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 74)
HSL	hsl(76, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(76, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 63.5%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.07, -29.74, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.07, 65.70, 116.92°)
OKLab	oklab(79.21% -0.0858 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(79.21% 0.159 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9545, 51.6412, 14.3928)
Luminance	0.5164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##A9CB4A	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)

#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

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

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