#A8BE55#A8BE55

#A8BE55 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.134 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BE55
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 85)
HSL	hsl(73, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(73, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 55.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.42, -23.00, 49.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.42, 54.75, 114.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% -0.0659 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.134 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2020, 45.8078, 15.5272)
Luminance	0.4581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BE55 #6B55BE

analogous

#BEA055 #A8BE55 #74BE55

triadic

#A8BE55 #55A8BE #BE55A8

tetradic

#A8BE55 #55BEA0 #6B55BE #BE5574

square

#A8BE55 #55BEA0 #6B55BE #BE5574

split-complementary

#A8BE55 #5574BE #A055BE

monochromatic

#606E2A #879B3B #A8BE55 #BFCF81 #D5E0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#A8BE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#A8BE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BE55

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BE55	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8be55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.134 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d188',
    500: '#a8be55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8be55;
$custom-light: #c4d188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8be55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.571,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76292,
    "c": 0.13358,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BE55

secondary

#AAA1CE

accent

#53D46E

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BE55

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

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