#A8CA49#A8CA49

#A8CA49 is a light, vivid yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.159 H 122.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8CA49
RGB	rgb(168, 202, 73)
HSL	hsl(76, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(76, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 0%, 63.9%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -29.74, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 65.70, 116.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.9% -0.0858 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(78.9% 0.159 122.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.4720, 51.0468, 14.1283)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8CA49 #6B49CA

analogous

#CAAC49 #A8CA49 #68CA49

triadic

#A8CA49 #49A8CA #CA49A8

tetradic

#A8CA49 #49CAAC #6B49CA #CA4968

square

#A8CA49 #49CAAC #6B49CA #CA4968

split-complementary

#A8CA49 #4968CA #AC49CA

monochromatic

#607622 #87A630 #A8CA49 #BFD878 #D5E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#A8CA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#A8CA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8CA49

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8CA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8CA49	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0C0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ca49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 202, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.159 122.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5da82',
    500: '#a8ca49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ca49;
$custom-light: #c5da82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ca49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 75.814,
    "s": 54.894,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78901,
    "c": 0.15892,
    "h": 122.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8CA49

secondary

#4B387F

accent

#4ADE71

background

#FDFEFB

surface

#F9FBF2

border

#D2D4CC

text

#13140B

muted

#82837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8CA49

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

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