#A8BE4E#A8BE4E
#A8BE4E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.140 H 119.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8BE4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 190, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(72, 46%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(72, 59%, 75%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 58.9%, 25.5%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.35, -23.58, 52.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.35, 57.82, 114.07°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.21% -0.0682 0.1221) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.21% 0.14 119.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(35.9376, 45.7020, 14.1344) |
| Luminance | 0.4570 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow-green |
Closest named colors
Light Olive Green
#A4BE5C
ΔE00 2.46
Booger
#9BB53C
ΔE00 2.99
Sick Green
#9DB92C
ΔE00 3.47
Light Olive
#ACBF69
ΔE00 3.83
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 4.29
Gross Green
#A0BF16
ΔE00 4.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8BE4E #644EBE
analogous
#BE9C4E #A8BE4E #70BE4E
triadic
#A8BE4E #4EA8BE #BE4EA8
tetradic
#A8BE4E #4EBE9C #644EBE #BE4E70
square
#A8BE4E #4EBE9C #644EBE #BE4E70
split-complementary
#A8BE4E #4E70BE #9C4EBE
monochromatic
#5D6A27 #849738 #A8BE4E #BECE7B #D4DFA8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#A8BE4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.14
#A8BE4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8BE4E
10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8BE4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8BE4E | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.14 | 10.14 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.14 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C9B442
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B555
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B1B5A6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8be4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.140 119.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c4d184',
500: '#a8be4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8be4e; $custom-light: #c4d184; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8be4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 190,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 71.786,
"s": 46.281,
"l": 52.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76214,
"c": 0.13984,
"h": 119.2
},
"luminance": 0.45702
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8BE4E
secondary
#A59CCC
accent
#52D66C
background
#FCFCF8
surface
#F8F9EF
border
#D1D2CA
text
#13140B
muted
#82827C