#A9CB4E#A9CB4E

#A9CB4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.156 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9CB4E
RGB	rgb(169, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(76, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(76, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 0%, 61.6%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, -29.45, 56.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 64.10, 117.35°)
OKLab	oklab(79.25% -0.0846 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(79.25% 0.156 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.0936, 51.6968, 15.1252)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9CB4E #704ECB

analogous

#CBAE4E #A9CB4E #6ACB4E

triadic

#A9CB4E #4EA9CB #CB4EA9

tetradic

#A9CB4E #4ECBAE #704ECB #CB4E6A

square

#A9CB4E #4ECBAE #704ECB #CB4E6A

split-complementary

#A9CB4E #4E6ACB #AE4ECB

monochromatic

#637B24 #89AA32 #A9CB4E #C0D97D #D7E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#A9CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#A9CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A9CB4E

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A9CB4E	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C1B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.156 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5db85',
    500: '#a9cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9cb4e;
$custom-light: #c5db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.32,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79247,
    "c": 0.15585,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9CB4E

secondary

#4E3A83

accent

#4ADE72

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#13150B

muted

#82847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9CB4E

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

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