#A8CA27#A8CA27

#A8CA27 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.179 H 121.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA27
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 39)
HSL	hsl(73, 68%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(73, 81%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 80.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.50, -31.56, 70.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.50, 76.87, 114.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.67% -0.0937 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(78.67% 0.179 121.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.6359, 50.7124, 9.7248)
Luminance	0.5071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA27 #4927CA

analogous

#CA9A27 #A8CA27 #57CA27

triadic

#A8CA27 #27A8CA #CA27A8

tetradic

#A8CA27 #27CA9A #4927CA #CA2757

square

#A8CA27 #27CA9A #4927CA #CA2757

split-complementary

#A8CA27 #2757CA #9A27CA

monochromatic

#536313 #7D971D #A8CA27 #C0DD51 #D3E784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.14

#A8CA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA27

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA27	1.00	1.88	11.14	11.14
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.179 121.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da71',
    500: '#a8ca27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca27;
$custom-light: #c6da71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.515,
    "s": 67.635,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78673,
    "c": 0.17913,
    "h": 121.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50712
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA27

secondary

#36276E

accent

#3DEB61

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA27

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

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