#A8CA2E#A8CA2E

#A8CA2E is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.176 H 121.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA2E
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 46)
HSL	hsl(73, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(73, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 77.2%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.54, -31.28, 68.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.54, 74.98, 114.66°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0924 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.176 121.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7627, 50.7631, 10.3931)
Luminance	0.5076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA2E #502ECA

analogous

#CA9E2E #A8CA2E #5ACA2E

triadic

#A8CA2E #2EA8CA #CA2EA8

tetradic

#A8CA2E #2ECA9E #502ECA #CA2E5A

square

#A8CA2E #2ECA9E #502ECA #CA2E5A

split-complementary

#A8CA2E #2E5ACA #9E2ECA

monochromatic

#556617 #7F9823 #A8CA2E #BEDA5B #D2E58D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#A8CA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA2E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA2E	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)

#D6BE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.176 121.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da74',
    500: '#a8ca2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca2e;
$custom-light: #c6da74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.077,
    "s": 62.903,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78707,
    "c": 0.17593,
    "h": 121.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA2E

secondary

#3B2C70

accent

#42E666

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA2E

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

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