#A8C831#A8C831

#A8C831 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.172 H 121.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C831
RGB	rgb(168, 200, 49)
HSL	hsl(73, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(73, 76%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 75.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.98, -30.21, 66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.98, 73.22, 114.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.26% -0.0892 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.26% 0.172 121.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.3577, 49.8552, 10.5601)
Luminance	0.4985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C831 #5131C8

analogous

#C89D31 #A8C831 #5DC831

triadic

#A8C831 #31A8C8 #C831A8

tetradic

#A8C831 #31C89D #5131C8 #C8315D

square

#A8C831 #31C89D #5131C8 #C8315D

split-complementary

#A8C831 #315DC8 #9D31C8

monochromatic

#556619 #7F9725 #A8C831 #BED85F #D2E490

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A8C831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#A8C831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C831

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C831	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BDAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 200, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.172 121.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6d875',
    500: '#a8c831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c831;
$custom-light: #c6d875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.715,
    "s": 60.643,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78264,
    "c": 0.17209,
    "h": 121.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C831

secondary

#9686CE

accent

#44E466

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAED

border

#D1D3C8

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C831

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

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