#A8C72B#A8C72B

#A8C72B is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.174 H 120.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C72B
RGB	rgb(168, 199, 43)
HSL	hsl(72, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(72, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 78.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -30.00, 68.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 74.54, 113.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0891 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.174 120.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0086, 49.3462, 9.8601)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C72B #4A2BC7

analogous

#C7982B #A8C72B #5AC72B

triadic

#A8C72B #2BA8C7 #C72BA8

tetradic

#A8C72B #2BC798 #4A2BC7 #C72B5A

square

#A8C72B #2BC798 #4A2BC7 #C72B5A

split-complementary

#A8C72B #2B5AC7 #982BC7

monochromatic

#536215 #7E9520 #A8C72B #C0DA55 #D2E587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A8C72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#A8C72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C72B

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C72B	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BCAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 199, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.174 120.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d872',
    500: '#a8c72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c72b;
$custom-light: #c6d872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 71.923,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78001,
    "c": 0.17396,
    "h": 120.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C72B

secondary

#8F7FCF

accent

#40E762

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C72B

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

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