#A8C236#A8C236

#A8C236 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.162 H 119.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C236
RGB	rgb(168, 194, 54)
HSL	hsl(71, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(71, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 0%, 72.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -27.11, 63.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 68.97, 113.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% -0.0803 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.162 119.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1068, 47.1749, 10.6928)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C236 #5036C2

analogous

#C29636 #A8C236 #62C236

triadic

#A8C236 #36A8C2 #C236A8

tetradic

#A8C236 #36C296 #5036C2 #C23662

square

#A8C236 #36C296 #5036C2 #C23662

split-complementary

#A8C236 #3662C2 #9636C2

monochromatic

#55621B #7F9229 #A8C236 #BED362 #D2E192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#A8C236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#A8C236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C236

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C236	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB71C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B8A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 194, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.162 119.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d477',
    500: '#a8c236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c236;
$custom-light: #c5d477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.143,
    "s": 56.452,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7692,
    "c": 0.16231,
    "h": 119.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C236

secondary

#9588CC

accent

#48E064

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C236

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

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