#A8C22D#A8C22D

#A8C22D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.167 H 119.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C22D
RGB	rgb(168, 194, 45)
HSL	hsl(70, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(70, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.25, -27.54, 66.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.25, 71.83, 112.55°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0822 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.167 119.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.9146, 47.0981, 9.6809)
Luminance	0.4710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C22D #472DC2

analogous

#C2922D #A8C22D #5EC22D

triadic

#A8C22D #2DA8C2 #C22DA8

tetradic

#A8C22D #2DC292 #472DC2 #C22D5E

square

#A8C22D #2DC292 #472DC2 #C22D5E

split-complementary

#A8C22D #2D5EC2 #922DC2

monochromatic

#525F16 #7D9021 #A8C22D #C1D755 #D3E386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#A8C22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#A8C22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C22D

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C22D	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B7A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 194, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.167 119.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d472',
    500: '#a8c22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c22d;
$custom-light: #c6d472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.47,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76864,
    "c": 0.16733,
    "h": 119.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C22D

secondary

#8C7ECD

accent

#42E55F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F9ED

border

#D2D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C22D

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

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