#A8C836#A8C836

#A8C836 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.169 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C836
RGB	rgb(168, 200, 54)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(73, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 73%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -29.97, 65.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 71.64, 114.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0882 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.169 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.4692, 49.8997, 11.1470)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C836 #5636C8

analogous

#C89F36 #A8C836 #5FC836

triadic

#A8C836 #36A8C8 #C836A8

tetradic

#A8C836 #36C89F #5636C8 #C8365F

square

#A8C836 #36C89F #5636C8 #C8365F

split-complementary

#A8C836 #365FC8 #9F36C8

monochromatic

#57681C #809829 #A8C836 #BDD666 #D2E396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A8C836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#A8C836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C836

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C836	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 200, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.169 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d877',
    500: '#a8c836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c836;
$custom-light: #c5d877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.151,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78295,
    "c": 0.16931,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C836

secondary

#9A8CCE

accent

#47E169

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#131409

muted

#82837B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C836

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

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