#A8CA3A#A8CA3A

#A8CA3A is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.169 H 122.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA3A
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 58)
HSL	hsl(74, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 71.3%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -30.69, 64.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 71.21, 115.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0898 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.169 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0332, 50.8713, 11.8176)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA3A #5C3ACA

analogous

#CAA43A #A8CA3A #60CA3A

triadic

#A8CA3A #3AA8CA #CA3AA8

tetradic

#A8CA3A #3ACAA4 #5C3ACA #CA3A60

square

#A8CA3A #3ACAA4 #5C3ACA #CA3A60

split-complementary

#A8CA3A #3A60CA #A43ACA

monochromatic

#5A6C1D #829D2A #A8CA3A #BDD76A #D3E49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#A8CA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA3A

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA3A	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)

#D6BE20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.169 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5da79',
    500: '#a8ca3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca3a;
$custom-light: #c5da79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.167,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78781,
    "c": 0.16926,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA3A

secondary

#423276

accent

#47E16B

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA3A

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

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