#A8CA36#A8CA36

#A8CA36 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.172 H 121.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA36
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 54)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 73.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -30.91, 65.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 72.54, 115.22°)
OKLab	oklab(78.75% -0.0907 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.75% 0.172 121.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9354, 50.8322, 11.3024)
Luminance	0.5083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA36 #5836CA

analogous

#CAA236 #A8CA36 #5ECA36

triadic

#A8CA36 #36A8CA #CA36A8

tetradic

#A8CA36 #36CAA2 #5836CA #CA365E

square

#A8CA36 #36CAA2 #5836CA #CA365E

split-complementary

#A8CA36 #365ECA #A236CA

monochromatic

#586A1C #809A29 #A8CA36 #BDD766 #D2E497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A8CA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA36

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA36	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.172 121.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5da77',
    500: '#a8ca36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca36;
$custom-light: #c5da77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.784,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78754,
    "c": 0.17164,
    "h": 121.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA36

secondary

#403174

accent

#46E16A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#131409

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA36

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

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