#A8CA2C#A8CA2C

#A8CA2C is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.177 H 121.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA2C
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 44)
HSL	hsl(73, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(73, 78%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 78.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, -31.37, 68.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 75.54, 114.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.7% -0.0928 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(78.7% 0.177 121.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.7242, 50.7477, 10.1903)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA2C #4E2CCA

analogous

#CA9D2C #A8CA2C #59CA2C

triadic

#A8CA2C #2CA8CA #CA2CA8

tetradic

#A8CA2C #2CCA9D #4E2CCA #CA2C59

square

#A8CA2C #2CCA9D #4E2CCA #CA2C59

split-complementary

#A8CA2C #2C59CA #9D2CCA

monochromatic

#546516 #7E9821 #A8CA2C #BFDB58 #D2E68B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#A8CA2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA2C

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA2C	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)

#D2BD3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.177 121.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da73',
    500: '#a8ca2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca2c;
$custom-light: #c6da73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 72.911,
    "s": 64.228,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78697,
    "c": 0.17689,
    "h": 121.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA2C

secondary

#392A70

accent

#41E764

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA2C

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

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