#A8CA38#A8CA38

#A8CA38 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.170 H 122.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA38
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 56)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 72.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, -30.80, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 71.88, 115.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0903 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.17 122)
XYZ	xyz(37.9833, 50.8513, 11.5549)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA38 #5A38CA

analogous

#CAA338 #A8CA38 #5FCA38

triadic

#A8CA38 #38A8CA #CA38A8

tetradic

#A8CA38 #38CAA3 #5A38CA #CA385F

square

#A8CA38 #38CAA3 #5A38CA #CA385F

split-complementary

#A8CA38 #385FCA #A338CA

monochromatic

#596B1D #819B29 #A8CA38 #BDD768 #D2E499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A8CA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA38

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA38	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)

#D6BE1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.170 122.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5da78',
    500: '#a8ca38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca38;
$custom-light: #c5da78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 73.973,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78768,
    "c": 0.17048,
    "h": 122
  },
  "luminance": 0.50851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA38

secondary

#413175

accent

#47E16B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF1

border

#D3D4CB

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA38

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

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