#A8C838#A8C838

#A8C838 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.168 H 121.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C838
RGB	rgb(168, 200, 56)
HSL	hsl(73, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(73, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 72%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.02, -29.86, 64.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.02, 70.98, 114.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0877 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.168 121.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5171, 49.9189, 11.3995)
Luminance	0.4992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C838 #5838C8

analogous

#C8A038 #A8C838 #60C838

triadic

#A8C838 #38A8C8 #C838A8

tetradic

#A8C838 #38C8A0 #5838C8 #C83860

square

#A8C838 #38C8A0 #5838C8 #C83860

split-complementary

#A8C838 #3860C8 #A038C8

monochromatic

#58691D #80992A #A8C838 #BDD568 #D2E398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#A8C838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#A8C838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C838

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C838	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)

#D4BC1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BEAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 200, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.168 121.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5d878',
    500: '#a8c838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c838;
$custom-light: #c5d878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 56.693,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78308,
    "c": 0.16812,
    "h": 121.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C838

secondary

#9C8ECE

accent

#48E06A

background

#FCFDF7

surface

#F8FAEE

border

#D1D3C9

text

#13140A

muted

#82837C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C838

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

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