#A8C231#A8C231

#A8C231 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.165 H 119.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C231
RGB	rgb(168, 194, 49)
HSL	hsl(71, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(71, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -27.36, 65.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 70.61, 112.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% -0.0814 0.1438)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.165 119.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.9953, 47.1304, 10.1059)
Luminance	0.4713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C231 #4B31C2

analogous

#C29431 #A8C231 #5FC231

triadic

#A8C231 #31A8C2 #C231A8

tetradic

#A8C231 #31C294 #4B31C2 #C2315F

square

#A8C231 #31C294 #4B31C2 #C2315F

split-complementary

#A8C231 #315FC2 #9431C2

monochromatic

#536018 #7E9125 #A8C231 #BFD65B #D2E28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A8C231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#A8C231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C231

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C231	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB70F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B7A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 194, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.165 119.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d474',
    500: '#a8c231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c231;
$custom-light: #c5d474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 70.759,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76888,
    "c": 0.1652,
    "h": 119.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C231

secondary

#9083CC

accent

#45E361

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F9ED

border

#D1D2C8

text

#131409

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C231

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

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