#A8CA3B#A8CA3B

#A8CA3B 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 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA3B
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 59)
HSL	hsl(74, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(74, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 70.8%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, -30.64, 63.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 70.87, 115.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.79% -0.0896 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(78.79% 0.169 122.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0589, 50.8816, 11.9529)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA3B #5D3BCA

analogous

#CAA43B #A8CA3B #60CA3B

triadic

#A8CA3B #3BA8CA #CA3BA8

tetradic

#A8CA3B #3BCAA4 #5D3BCA #CA3B60

square

#A8CA3B #3BCAA4 #5D3BCA #CA3B60

split-complementary

#A8CA3B #3B60CA #A43BCA

monochromatic

#5A6D1E #829D2B #A8CA3B #BDD76B #D3E49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#A8CA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#A8CA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA3B

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA3B	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BE22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1C0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.169 122.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5da7a',
    500: '#a8ca3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca3b;
$custom-light: #c5da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 74.266,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78788,
    "c": 0.16864,
    "h": 122.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA3B

secondary

#433377

accent

#47E16C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FAFBF2

border

#D3D4CC

text

#13140A

muted

#83837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA3B

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

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