#A8CA31#A8CA31

#A8CA31 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.174 H 121.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA31
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 49)
HSL	hsl(73, 61%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(73, 76%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 75.7%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.55, -31.15, 67.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.55, 74.10, 114.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.72% -0.0918 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(78.72% 0.174 121.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8240, 50.7876, 10.7155)
Luminance	0.5079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA31 #5331CA

analogous

#CAA031 #A8CA31 #5CCA31

triadic

#A8CA31 #31A8CA #CA31A8

tetradic

#A8CA31 #31CAA0 #5331CA #CA315C

square

#A8CA31 #31CAA0 #5331CA #CA315C

split-complementary

#A8CA31 #315CCA #A031CA

monochromatic

#566719 #7F9925 #A8CA31 #BED860 #D2E491

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#A8CA31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA31

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA31	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1BFAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.174 121.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6da75',
    500: '#a8ca31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca31;
$custom-light: #c6da75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.333,
    "s": 60.956,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78724,
    "c": 0.1744,
    "h": 121.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50788
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA31

secondary

#3D2E72

accent

#44E467

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA31

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

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