#A8C12A#A8C12A

#A8C12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.168 H 119.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C12A
RGB	rgb(168, 193, 42)
HSL	hsl(70, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(70, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 0%, 78.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.95, -27.19, 66.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.95, 72.28, 112.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0815 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.168 119.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.6371, 46.6322, 9.3136)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C12A #432AC1

analogous

#C18E2A #A8C12A #5CC12A

triadic

#A8C12A #2AA8C1 #C12AA8

tetradic

#A8C12A #2AC18E #432AC1 #C12A5C

square

#A8C12A #2AC18E #432AC1 #C12A5C

split-complementary

#A8C12A #2A5CC1 #8E2AC1

monochromatic

#505C14 #7C8F1F #A8C12A #C2D94F #D3E482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#A8C12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#A8C12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C12A

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C12A	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B6A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 193, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.168 119.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d371',
    500: '#a8c12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c12a;
$custom-light: #c6d371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 69.934,
    "s": 64.255,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76619,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 119.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C12A

secondary

#887ACD

accent

#41E75C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131408

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C12A

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

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