#A8C337#A8C337

#A8C337 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.163 H 120.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C337
RGB	rgb(168, 195, 55)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(72, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 0%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -27.54, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 69.08, 113.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0814 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.163 120)
XYZ	xyz(36.3538, 47.6310, 10.8922)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C337 #5237C3

analogous

#C39837 #A8C337 #62C337

triadic

#A8C337 #37A8C3 #C337A8

tetradic

#A8C337 #37C398 #5237C3 #C33762

square

#A8C337 #37C398 #5237C3 #C33762

split-complementary

#A8C337 #3762C3 #9837C3

monochromatic

#56641C #7F932A #A8C337 #BED364 #D2E194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#A8C337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#A8C337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C337

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C337	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB81D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB843

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2B9A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 195, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.163 120.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d577',
    500: '#a8c337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c337;
$custom-light: #c5d577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77155,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 120
  },
  "luminance": 0.47631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C337

secondary

#978ACC

accent

#49DF66

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C337

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

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