#A8C438#A8C438

#A8C438 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.163 H 120.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C438
RGB	rgb(168, 196, 56)
HSL	hsl(72, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(72, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.3%, 0%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -27.96, 63.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 69.18, 113.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0825 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.163 120.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.6028, 48.0903, 11.0947)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C438 #5438C4

analogous

#C49A38 #A8C438 #62C438

triadic

#A8C438 #38A8C4 #C438A8

tetradic

#A8C438 #38C49A #5438C4 #C43862

square

#A8C438 #38C49A #5438C4 #C43862

split-complementary

#A8C438 #3862C4 #9A38C4

monochromatic

#56651D #7F942A #A8C438 #BDD366 #D2E196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#A8C438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#A8C438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C438

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C438	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B91F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BAA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 196, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.163 120.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d578',
    500: '#a8c438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c438;
$custom-light: #c5d578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77391,
    "c": 0.16342,
    "h": 120.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C438

secondary

#998CCC

accent

#49DF67

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C438

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

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