#A8C72D#A8C72D

#A8C72D is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.173 H 120.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C72D
RGB	rgb(168, 199, 45)
HSL	hsl(72, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(72, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(15.6%, 0%, 77.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -29.92, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 73.97, 113.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.01% -0.0887 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(78.01% 0.173 120.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.0462, 49.3612, 10.0581)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C72D #4C2DC7

analogous

#C7992D #A8C72D #5BC72D

triadic

#A8C72D #2DA8C7 #C72DA8

tetradic

#A8C72D #2DC799 #4C2DC7 #C72D5B

square

#A8C72D #2DC799 #4C2DC7 #C72D5B

split-complementary

#A8C72D #2D5BC7 #992DC7

monochromatic

#546316 #7E9522 #A8C72D #BFD958 #D2E58A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#A8C72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#A8C72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C72D

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C72D	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)

#D0BB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BCAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 199, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.173 120.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d873',
    500: '#a8c72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c72d;
$custom-light: #c6d873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.078,
    "s": 63.115,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78012,
    "c": 0.173,
    "h": 120.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C72D

secondary

#9181CE

accent

#42E663

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F9FAED

border

#D2D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C72D

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

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