#A8C856#A8C856

#A8C856 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.146 H 122.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8C856
RGB	rgb(168, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(77, 51%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(77, 57%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 0%, 57%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, -27.76, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 59.36, 117.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0791 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.146 122.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.4827, 50.3051, 16.4848)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8C856 #7656C8

analogous

#C8AF56 #A8C856 #6FC856

triadic

#A8C856 #56A8C8 #C856A8

tetradic

#A8C856 #56C8AF #7656C8 #C8566F

square

#A8C856 #56C8AF #7656C8 #C8566F

split-complementary

#A8C856 #566FC8 #AF56C8

monochromatic

#647B28 #89AA37 #A8C856 #C0D784 #D8E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#A8C856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#A8C856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8C856

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8C856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8C856	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFBFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8c856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.146 122.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4d889',
    500: '#a8c856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8c856;
$custom-light: #c4d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8c856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 76.842,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78575,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 122.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8C856

secondary

#523F84

accent

#4DDA75

background

#FDFEFC

surface

#F9FBF4

border

#D2D4CE

text

#13140C

muted

#82837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8C856

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

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