#A8CA2A#A8CA2A

#A8CA2A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.178 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA2A
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 42)
HSL	hsl(73, 66%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(73, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 79.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, -31.45, 69.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 76.09, 114.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0932 0.1515)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.178 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.6875, 50.7330, 9.9970)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA2A #4C2ACA

analogous

#CA9C2A #A8CA2A #58CA2A

triadic

#A8CA2A #2AA8CA #CA2AA8

tetradic

#A8CA2A #2ACA9C #4C2ACA #CA2A58

square

#A8CA2A #2ACA9C #4C2ACA #CA2A58

split-complementary

#A8CA2A #2A58CA #9C2ACA

monochromatic

#546515 #7E971F #A8CA2A #BFDC55 #D2E688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#A8CA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA2A

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA2A	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BD00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.178 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da72',
    500: '#a8ca2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca2a;
$custom-light: #c6da72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.75,
    "s": 65.574,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78687,
    "c": 0.17783,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA2A

secondary

#38296F

accent

#3FE963

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA2A

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

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