#A8BD48#A8BD48

#A8BD48 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.144 H 118.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BD48
RGB	rgb(168, 189, 72)
HSL	hsl(71, 47%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(71, 62%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.1%, 0%, 61.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -23.55, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 59.87, 113.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0687 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.144 118.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5163, 45.1882, 12.9808)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BD48 #5D48BD

analogous

#BD9748 #A8BD48 #6DBD48

triadic

#A8BD48 #48A8BD #BD48A8

tetradic

#A8BD48 #48BD97 #5D48BD #BD486D

square

#A8BD48 #48BD97 #5D48BD #BD486D

split-complementary

#A8BD48 #486DBD #9748BD

monochromatic

#5A6625 #829335 #A8BD48 #BDCD75 #D3DDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#A8BD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#A8BD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BD48

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BD48	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B3A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8bd48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 189, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.144 118.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d080',
    500: '#a8bd48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8bd48;
$custom-light: #c4d080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8bd48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.769,
    "s": 46.988,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75927,
    "c": 0.14361,
    "h": 118.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BD48

secondary

#A097CA

accent

#51D769

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9EF

border

#D1D2CA

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BD48

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

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