#A8BE59#A8BE59

#A8BE59 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.130 H 119.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8BE59
RGB	rgb(168, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(73, 44%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(73, 53%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.6%, 0%, 53.2%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -22.63, 47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 52.94, 115.31°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.0645 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.13 119.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3654, 45.8732, 16.3879)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8BE59 #6F59BE

analogous

#BEA159 #A8BE59 #76BE59

triadic

#A8BE59 #59A8BE #BE59A8

tetradic

#A8BE59 #59BEA1 #6F59BE #BE5976

square

#A8BE59 #59BEA1 #6F59BE #BE5976

split-complementary

#A8BE59 #5976BE #A159BE

monochromatic

#62712C #889D3D #A8BE59 #BFCF85 #D6E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#A8BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#A8BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8BE59

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8BE59	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0B5A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.130 119.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d18b',
    500: '#a8be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8be59;
$custom-light: #c4d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.069,
    "s": 43.723,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7634,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 119.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8BE59

secondary

#ADA4CF

accent

#54D370

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F9F0

border

#D1D2CB

text

#13140C

muted

#82827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8BE59

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

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