#A8CA37#A8CA37

#A8CA37 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.171 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA37
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 55)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(74, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 72.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.58, -30.85, 65.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.58, 72.21, 115.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.76% -0.0905 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(78.76% 0.171 122)
XYZ	xyz(37.9591, 50.8417, 11.4273)
Luminance	0.5084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA37 #5937CA

analogous

#CAA337 #A8CA37 #5ECA37

triadic

#A8CA37 #37A8CA #CA37A8

tetradic

#A8CA37 #37CAA3 #5937CA #CA375E

square

#A8CA37 #37CAA3 #5937CA #CA375E

split-complementary

#A8CA37 #375ECA #A337CA

monochromatic

#586A1C #809B29 #A8CA37 #BDD767 #D2E498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A8CA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA37

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA37	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)

#D6BE1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.171 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5da78',
    500: '#a8ca37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca37;
$custom-light: #c5da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.878,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78761,
    "c": 0.17107,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.50842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA37

secondary

#413174

accent

#46E16A

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA37

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

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