#A8BB55#A8BB55

#A8BB55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 118.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BB55
RGB	rgb(168, 187, 85)
HSL	hsl(71, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(71, 55%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(10.2%, 0%, 54.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -21.51, 48.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 53.25, 113.83°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0617 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.13 118.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.5589, 44.5216, 15.3128)
Luminance	0.4452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BB55 #6855BB

analogous

#BB9B55 #A8BB55 #75BB55

triadic

#A8BB55 #55A8BB #BB55A8

tetradic

#A8BB55 #55BB9B #6855BB #BB5575

square

#A8BB55 #55BB9B #6855BB #BB5575

split-complementary

#A8BB55 #5575BB #9B55BB

monochromatic

#5F6B2B #86973C #A8BB55 #BECC81 #D5DEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#A8BB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#A8BB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BB55

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BB55	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B2A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 187, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 118.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4cf88',
    500: '#a8bb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bb55;
$custom-light: #c4cf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.176,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75614,
    "c": 0.12972,
    "h": 118.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BB55

secondary

#A8A0CC

accent

#55D36D

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13130C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BB55

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

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