#A8BE42#A8BE42

#A8BE42 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.149 H 118.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BE42
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 66)
HSL	hsl(71, 49%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(71, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 65.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -24.46, 57.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 62.76, 112.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.1% -0.0718 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(76.1% 0.149 118.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.5459, 45.5453, 12.0718)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BE42 #5842BE

analogous

#BE9642 #A8BE42 #6ABE42

triadic

#A8BE42 #42A8BE #BE42A8

tetradic

#A8BE42 #42BE96 #5842BE #BE426A

square

#A8BE42 #42BE96 #5842BE #BE426A

split-complementary

#A8BE42 #426ABE #9642BE

monochromatic

#586322 #809132 #A8BE42 #BDCE70 #D2DD9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#A8BE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#A8BE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BE42

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BE42	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB431

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1B4A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8be42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.149 118.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d17d',
    500: '#a8be42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8be42;
$custom-light: #c5d17d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8be42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.645,
    "s": 48.819,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76099,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 118.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BE42

secondary

#9C92CA

accent

#4FD868

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9EE

border

#D1D2C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BE42

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

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