#A0CA42#A0CA42

#A0CA42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.168 H 125.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0CA42
RGB	rgb(160, 202, 66)
HSL	hsl(79, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(79, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.8%, 0%, 67.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.14, -33.37, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.14, 69.21, 118.83°)
OKLab	oklab(78.29% -0.096 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.29% 0.168 125)
XYZ	xyz(36.6013, 50.1076, 12.8966)
Luminance	0.5011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0CA42 #6C42CA

analogous

#CAB042 #A0CA42 #5CCA42

triadic

#A0CA42 #42A0CA #CA42A0

tetradic

#A0CA42 #42CAB0 #6C42CA #CA425C

square

#A0CA42 #42CAB0 #6C42CA #CA425C

split-complementary

#A0CA42 #425CCA #B042CA

monochromatic

#587220 #7EA22D #A0CA42 #B8D772 #D0E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A0CA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#A0CA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A0CA42

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0CA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A0CA42	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A7C1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0ca42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 202, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.168 125.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bfda7e',
    500: '#a0ca42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0ca42;
$custom-light: #bfda7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0ca42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 78.529,
    "s": 56.198,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78289,
    "c": 0.16751,
    "h": 125
  },
  "luminance": 0.50108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0CA42

secondary

#4B357B

accent

#48DF77

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#82837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0CA42

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

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